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The Official. Minutes
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OF THE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH SESSION
OF THE
East Pennsylvania Annual Conference
OF THE
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Coherer ces Penirv~>y \ VcorV\
HELD IN THE
ZION CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST
Reading, Penn’a, October 4-9, 1911
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1911
Conference Proceedings
OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE AND CONFERENCE SOCIETIES
Presiding Bishop.
George M. Mathews, D.D., 2502 N. Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois.
Conference Superintendent.
D. D. Lowery, D.D., 1535 Derry St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Recording Secretary.
J. A. Lyter, D.D., 1508 Derry St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Assistant Recording Secretary.
C. E- Boughter, Oberlin, Pa.
D. D. Lowery, D.D.
A. K. Wier.
S. E. Rupp.
D. S. Longenecker.
H. M. Miller.
H. B. Spayd.
Statistical Secretaries.
E. A. G. Bossier, 31 1 Walnut St., Steelton, Pa.
R. R. Butterwick, D.D., Mountville, Pa.
Conference Historical Secretary.
I. H. Albright, Ph.D., New Holland, Pa.
Conference Treasurer.
S. F. Engle, Palmyra, Pa.
Conference Sabbath-School Board.
E. O. Burtner.
O. P. Beckley.
Trustees of Conference Preachers' Aid Society.
C. A. Mutch.
A. G. Nye.
I. H. Albright, Ph.D.
Managers of the Conference Missionary and Church Extension Society.
D. D. Lowery, D.D., Term ends 1913.
G. D. Batdorf, Ph.D., Term ends 1913.
J. A. Lyter, D.D., Term ends 1913.
T. G. Spangler, Term ends 1912.
H. L. Carl, Term ends 1912.
J. G. Stehman, Term ends 1912.
S. C. Enck, D.D., Term ends 1914.
E- A. G. Bossier, Term ends 1914.
E. O. Burtner, Term ends 1914.
S. F. Engle.
Trustees of
D. D. Lowery, D.D., Term ends 1913.
J. A. Lyter, D.D., Term ends 1913.
T. G. Stehman, Term ends 19x3.
G. F. Breinig, Term ends 1913.
I. B. Haak, Term ends 1913.
John Hunsicker, Term ends 1913.
Lebanon Valley College.
M. S. Hendricks, Term ends 1912.
S. F. Engle, Term ends 1912.
Hon. W. H. Ulrich, Term ends 1912.
H. A. Sherk, Term ends 1912.
Aaron Kreider, Term ends 1912.
Trustees of Russel Biblical Fund.
P. L. Haines, S. B. Wengert, W. W. Fridinger, M. H. Jones, S. L. Rhoads.
Professor of Russel Biblical Chair.
I. E. Runk.
General Court of Appeals.
J. A. Lyter, D.D.,
I. E. Runk.
Trustees of the Anti-Saloon League.
A. K. Wier, A. E. Shroyer.
Trustees of the Quincy Orphanage.
Hon. W. H. Ulrich, J. G. Stehman.
D. D. Lowery, D.D.
S. C. Enck, D.D.
T. A. Lyter, D.D.
G. D. Batdorf, Ph.D.
H. E Miller.
Conference Publication Board.
E. O. Burtner.
IT. M. Miller.
I. N. Seldomridge.
I. E. Runk.
S. F. Engle.
Editor of The Conference Herald.
D. D. Lowery, D.D.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Conference Branch Foreign Missionary Committee.
D. D. Lowery, D.D., Chairman,
R. R. Butterwick, D.D.,
G. D. Batdorf, Ph.D., Secretary,
H. L. Carl, S. R. Grabill.
Conference Branch Home Missionary Committee.
S. C. Enck, D.D.,
A. K. Wier,
H. B. Spayd
Hon. W. H. Ulrich,
Conference Committee on Christian Stezvardship.
S. R. Grabill,
Standing Committees.
S. C. Snoke.
Home Missions — Conference Committee on Home Missions.
Foreign Missions— Conference Committee on Foreign Missions.
Christian Stewardship — Conference Committee on Christian Stewardship.
Church Erection— I. H. Albright, Ph.D.
Education — S. E. Rupp.
Publishing Interests — H. M. Miller.
Sabbath Schools— S. C. Enck, D.D.
Young People’s Society, Christian Endeavor— O. T. Ehrhart.
The Home — Thomas Garland.
Temperance — S. B. Wengert.
Bible Cause — L. R. Kramer.
Resolutions— J. A. Keiper.
Auditing Committee — M. S. Hendricks, A. S. Beckley.
Publicity Committee — Clint. S. Miller.
Committees on Courses of Study.
Committee on Applicants and Credentials — I. E. Runk, H. E. Miller, A. S. Lehman.
First Year — C. A. Mutch, M. H. Jones, J. A. Keiper.
Licentiates — Clyde A. Lynch, O. T. Ehrhart, Jacob B. Glick, Chas. G. White, P. M.
Holdeman, Geo. M. Richter, W. C. Shoop, W. H. Peiffer, Mark G. Holtzman, Titus J.
Leibold, G. A. Richie, P. B. Gibble, J. W. Botnberger, J. F. Brown, and Martin Groff.
Second Year- — E- O. Burtner, H. F. Rhoad, Joseph Daugherty.
Licentiates — R. E. Morgan, J. L. Ohmacht, A. N. Ulrich, N. L. Linebaugh, E. E.
Bender, Geo. W. Hess, C. id. Holzinger, and Ira D. Lowery.
Third Year — I. H. Albright, Ph.D., A. G. Nye, A. K. Wier.
Licentiates — Chas. W. Shoop, E. S. Comrey.
Fourth Year — S. C. Enck, D.D., J. M. Walters, S. S. Daugherty. '
Licentiates— Clarence Mease.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
(Official Copy.)
FIRvST DAY— MORNING SESSION.
Reading, Pa., October 4, 1911.
The East Pennsylvania Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ, met in its one hundred and twelfth regular session, on the above date, in Zion
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Reading, Penna., Bishop George M. Mathews,
D.D., of Chicago, Illinois, presiding.
After a short devotional service Bishop Mathews read a scripture lesson from Ephe¬
sians, fourth chapter, and delivered an inspiring address on “The Divine Life in Us.”
The business session of the Conference began with a roll call of ministers and
laymen.
J. A. Lyter and C. E. Boughter were re-elected Recording Secretary and Assistant
Recording Secretary respectively.
E. A. G. Bossier and R. R. Butterwick were re-elected Statistical Secretaries.
The compensations of the secretaries was fixed as follows : J. A. Lyter, $50.00 ;
C. E. Boughter, $30.00; E. A. G. Bossier, $20.00; R. R. Butterwick, $15.00, and the
expenses of each respectively.
The Recording Secretary was on motion empowered to edit aijd arrange the
Minutes.
The bar of the Conference was fixed at twelve pews across the auditorium.
Dwight Hillis Batdorf was introduced as Conference page.
The following resolution relative to hearing pastor’s reports was passed :
Resolved, That the routine hearing of pastors’ reports, one by one, be dispensed
with and that pastors and delegates of charges reporting deficits meet with the Finance
Committee for conference about the matter and that said committee report its con¬
clusions and recommendations to this body.
The following applicants for license to preach the Gospel were on motion referred
to the Committee on Applicants and Credentials : P. B. Gibble, G. A. Richie, Titus J.
Leibold, Martin Groff, J. F. Brown, J. H. Dunham, and J. W. Bomberger.
The following requesting transfers were referred to the same committee : Harry
Kottler, E. J. Renshaw, and G. B. Renshaw to the Penna. Conference. H. M. Klinger
to the Minnesota Conference. C. W. Miller to the Miami Conference. M. L. Weekley
an open transfer. A. A. Long, who was granted a transfer to the Allegheny Confer¬
ence at the last session of this Conference, returned said transfer, and requested a
transfer to the Penna. Conference in its stead.
The Bishop appointed the following committees for this session of Conference :
Boundary. — D. D. Lowery, H. M. Miller, L. R. Kramer, A. Lehman, C. A. Mutch,
I. H. Albright, U. S. G. Renn, Elmer C. Smith, C. M. Hershey, H. M. Imboden, C. G.
Llpdegrave.
Finance. — Members of the Conference Church Extension Society, viz : D. D.
Lowery, S. C. Enck, J. A. Lyter, G. D. Batdorf, E. A. G. Bossier, E. O. Burtner, T.
G. Spangler, S. F. Engle, J. G. Stehman, H. L. Carl, with the addition of Isaac B.
Haak, M. S. Hendricks and S. C. Snoke.
Nominations. — J. A. Keiper, A. K. Wier, A. S. Lehman, S. B. Wengert, H. F. Mc-
Nelly, A. G. Nye, J. V. Snader, George F. Breinig and James B. Baker.
Conference Publication Board. — D. D. Lowery, S. C. Enck, J. A. Lyter, G. D. Bat¬
dorf, H. E. Miller. I. N. Seldomridge, E. O. Burtner, H. M. Miller, Clint. S. Miller,
I. E. Runk, S. F. Engle.
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Conference Branch Foreign Missionary. — D. D. Lowery, Chairman; G. D. Batdorf,
Secretary ; S. S. Daugherty, H. L. Carl, S. R. Grabill.
Conference Branch Home Missionary. — S. C. Encl-c, A. K. Wier, H. B. Spayd.
Conference Committee on Christian Stewardship. — S. R. Grabill, S. C. Snoke,
Hon. W. H. Ulrich.
Devotional. — G. D. Batdorf, M. H. Jones, J. B. Rittgers, and S. B. Wengert.
Standing Committees —
Home Missions — Committee on Home Missions.
Foreign Missions — Committee on Foreign Missions.
Church Erection — H. S. Kiefer.
Education — I. M. Hershey.
Publishing Interests— M. L. Weekley.
Christian Stewardship — Committee on Christian Stewardship.
Sabbath-Schools — Mark Holtzman.
Y. P. S. C. E. — Ira D. Lowery.
The Home — D. S. Longenecker.
Temperance — S. E. Rupp.
Resolutions — P. H. Balsbaugh.
Bible Cause — C. A. Snavely.
Auditing Committee — M. S. Hendricks, A. S. Beckley.
Press Committee — Clint. S. Miller.
Committee on Courses of Study- —
Committee on Applicants and Credentials. — I. E. Runk, H. E. Miller, A. S. Lehman.
First Year — C. A. Mutch, H. H. Jones, J. A. Keiper.
Licentiates — Ira D. Lowery, E. E. Bender, Mark G. Holtzman, George W. Hess,
C. H. Holzinger, Clyde A. Lynch, Harry Kottler, Charles G. White, P. M.
Holdeman, George M. Richter, W. C. Shoop, W. H. Peiffer, O. T. Ehrhart,
Jacob B. Glick.
Second Year — E. O. Burtner, H. F. Rhoad, Joseph Daugherty.
Licentiates — E. S. Comrey, R. E. Morgan, A. N. Ulrich, John Ohmacht, N. L.
Linebaugh.
Third Year— I. H. Albright, A. G. Nye, A. K. Wier.
Licentiates — Clarence Mease, A. L. Haeseler, J. R. Bowermaster, Charles W.
Shoop.
Fourth Year — S. C. Enck, J. M. Walters, S. S. Daugherty.
Licentiate — H. M. Trautman.
Elders’ Orders — D. S. Longenecker, S. G. Kauffman, Thomas Garland.
The first day, morning session of Conference, adjourned with the benediction by
Lawrence Keister, President of Lebanon Valley College.
FIRST DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Conference convened at i : 30 p. m. Devotional exercises were conducted by
D. S. Longenecker.
Advisory seats were granted to the following during the session of Conference :
Lawrence Keister, President of Lebanon Valley College; J. M. Phillippi, Editor,
Religious Telescope ; C. W. Stinespring, D. D. Brandt, and A. N. Horn, of the Penna.
Conference ; B. F. Daugherty, of the Lower Wabash Conference ; A. R. Henderson, of
the West Virginia Conference ; Prof. M. A. Honline, Educational Secretary of the
Sabbath School Board ; E. J. Face, Missionary to the Philippine Islands.
The following were introduced to the Conference during its session:
Ex-Bishop C. S. Haman, Rev. D. P. Longsdorf, Rev. C. W. Heffner, Rev. A. M.
Sweigart, Rev. A. W. Brownmiller, Rev. G. W. Marquardt, of the United Evangelical
Church ; Rev. I. E. Yotter, Rev. J. M. Klein, D.D., of the Evangelical Association ;
Rev. W. H. Zweizig, of the M. E. Church ; Rev. J. R. Reed, D.D., of the A. M. E.
Church ; Mr. C. H. Linebaugh, President of the Berks County Sabbath School Asso¬
ciation.
The report of the Conference Superintendent, D. D. Lowery, was read, approved,
and his character passed. It is as follows :
Conference Superintendent’s Report.
To the Presiding Bishop and Members of the East Pennsylvania Conference in Annual
ession at Reading, Pennsylvania, Greeting.
My Dear Brethren : I am expected to report the work of the past year as to my
superintendency, and to indicate the condition and needs of the Church throughout
the Conference District as I may know them to exist to-day. But in such a report I
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must necessarily be very brief, for time and space would not permit a detailed state¬
ment of these things. I shall therefore give you simply a general view of the field,
and ask that you look for the details in the statistical chart, containing the pastors’
reports, in the published Minutes when they appear.
Deaths. — Two of our brethren, one in the active work until shortly before his
death, Rev. J. P. Smith, and the other for several years on the superannuated list,
Rev. S. M. Hummel, died during the year. I appointed Rev. H. B. Spayd to prepare
a memoir on the life of Brother Smith, and Rev. A. S. Lehman on the life of Brother
Hummel. These brethren will therefore no doubt be prepared to present their papers
at the time designated for memorial services for further appropriate consideration of
the names and lives of our departed brethren.
Vacancies. — Immediately after the last session of our Conference at Sunbury,
Rev. B. F. Goodman, who had been assigned to the Berne charge, resigned, and I ap¬
pointed Rev. W. E. Shoop to fill the vacancy. Shortly after this vacancy Rev. E.
). Renshaw, appointed tc the pastorate of Lebanon Hebron also resigned, and I ap¬
pointed Rev. O. T. Ehrhart, a senior at the time in Lebanon Valley College, to serve
for the year. Later Rev. Mark G. Holtzman, pastor of our West Lebanon congrega¬
tion, resigned to enter upon Y. M. C. A. work, and Rev. P. B. Gibble, a student at
Lebanon Valley College, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Rev. W. H. Peiffer, pas¬
tor of the Pleasant Hill charge, resigned during the past summer, and I appointed Rev.
U. Gambler to fill out the unexpired term. On account of continued ill health Rev.
J. P. Smith resigned as pastor of the Sinking Spring charge, and by mutual agreement
no appointment of a regular pastor was made, our people there preferring to keep
the appointment open for such supplies as they might be able to secure for the Sun¬
day services until this session of Conference.
Itinerancy. — Rev. J. R. Bowermaster and Rev. E. S. Comrey, having regularly
served as pastors of congregations for two successive years should be voted itinerant
relation at this session of Conference.
Applicants for License. — The following brethren are here under recommendation
of their respective quarterly conferences as applicants for Annual Conference license :
P. B. Gibble, of West Lebanon; G. A. Richie of Shamokin ; Titus J. Leibold, of. Read¬
ing Salem; Martin Groff, of Manor; J. F. Brown, of Shamokin Circuit; B. H. Dunham,
of Pleasant Hill, and J. F. Bomberger, of Harrisburg First church.
Transfers. — Rev. C. W. Miller requests his transfer to the Miami Conference, and
Rev. H. M. Klinger to the Minnesota Conference.
Rev. I. M. Hershey has accepted the field agency for our Seminary, and so goes
out of the pastoral relation for the present. Rev. M. L. Weekley has decided to leave
this section of the country to engage in the pastoral work elsewhere in the Church.
Revs. P. M. Holdeman and W. C. Shoop have gone to the Seminary to continue their
ministerial preparation, and I. D. Lowery has entered College to complete his colle¬
giate course with the present senior class.
Material Improvements. — At Hopeland, Manheim and Jonestown, to which con¬
gregations I referred in my last annual report as then engaged in the erection of a
new church building at each point named, completed their splendid enterprises, and
the churches, in the order named, were dedicated during the year. All three of the
buildings are fine structures of modern architectural design. At Hummelstown and
at Annville our people are now in the process of church-building, both of which, it is
expected, will be completed and ready for dedication some time during the coming
winter. The cost of the Hummmelstown church will be approximately $30,000, and
the church at Annville about $70,000. At Lancaster Laurel Street, and at Springville
on the Valley View charge chapels were built at a total cost of about $2,500. Our
people at Pine Grove completed improvements recently to their church property at a
cost of more than $4,000. In these improvements a rear addition was erected with a
three-sided gallery, a corner tower built, new pews placed, and acetylene lighting and
steam-heating plants installed. This church was re-dedicated on Sunday, September
24th. At Myerstown our people are making extensive improvements in the erection
of a fine chapel with galleries and other modern facilities for more effective Sunday-
school work. This additional building will cost when finished $7,000 to $10,000. Plans
have been agreed upon by our Harrisburg First church congregation for improvements
at an estimated cost of $5,000 or $6,000. At Ephrata the parsonage has undergone
extensive repairs, with all modern improvements, at a cost of $1,700. Other minor
improvements were made here and there on church and parsonage properties, but I
can not take the time and space to mention them all. A parsonage was built at Iona
costing $2,100, and at Shamokin (costing $5,375), Shamokin Circuit (costing $2,400),
and at Birdsboro (costing $1,000), parsonages were purchased. Our people here at
Reading Zion’s, transformed what at one time served as a parsonage into an apartment
house and store room, making it an exceedingly valuable property. Under the former
arrangement, with a store room on the first floor front, it was unsuitable in any case
for the purpose of a parsonage. A lot with a view to relocation at some time in the
future, was purchased by our Hershey people, thus providing an excellent site for a
church building in that thriving town.
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Since the Reading Otterbein congregation' sold their church property in expec¬
tation of relocation, I arranged for a joint meeting with the Otterbein and Memorial
church officials, and after thorough consideration of the matter, it was decided to
petition this Conference to unite the two congregations into one body. If the Con¬
ference should see fit to grant their request it is then expected that they will organ¬
ize under a new name and seek a suiable location that may be as advantageous as
possible for all the people concerned, having in view also, and primarily, as to loca¬
tion, the most hopeful prospect for the future development of the united congregation.
Rev. M. Id. Miller, pastor of the Valley View charge, organized a new class at
Springville, at which point, as I have already indicated above, a church-house was
also erected to accommodate the new and hopeful congregation and Sunday-school
just recently brought into being.
Public Gatherings. — The Conference Branch of the Woman’s Missionary Associa¬
tion held an enthusiastic convention at Oberlin during the past year. It was an unu¬
sually large gathering, and new impetus was given to the movement for greater and
better things in the coming year.
The four camp-meetings held under the auspices of the Church, viz : Mt. Gretna,
Mount Lebanon, Hillsdale and Lykens Valley ( Elizabethville) , had their accustomed
programs, and no doubt did good work. But we had our usual trials and difficulties
at Mt. Gretna, owing to the unsettled relations of the church-members and the non¬
church-members encamped there. The matter has undoubtedly reached a crisis, and
it may now be advisable for this body, at some time during our present session, to
take such action as will clearly define our position as a Church. The impression is
abroad that the annually recurring Mt. Gretna trouble is simply a factional controversy
issuing repeatedly, at each annual association meeting, in a public contest for of¬
fice and supremacy of one faction over the other. This erroneous public view of the
case makes our continued relation with that association undesirable and the contro¬
versy distasteful. But this, as we well know, is not the matter in dispute at all. The
question simply is as to whether it is a Church camp-meeting or not ; and if it is,
then the Church must have, as in every other of her institutions, absolute control ; and
if it is not a Church institution in which she can have absolute control, we surely
cannot permit the name of the Church and the reference to her discipline and doctrine
to be smirched by such a mongrel condition. That the public may know the real
issue in this controversy, and that we and our people generally in the Conference, and
especially those affiliated with the Mt. Gretna Camp-meeting Association may give in¬
telligent and loyal adherence to our denominational ideals as set forth in our book of
discipline, it will be important that some such action be taken here.
Lebanon Valley College. — The attendance of students at college during the past
year was good, and very encouraging reports have reached us as to the opening of the
new term for the coming year. Most of the former students have returned and an
unusually large number of new students have been matriculated for the new year.
But in this regard there could be a better showing, and my interest here is especially
in the young men and women of our conference district who should be induced to go
to college — to our college. With a proper, thorough canvass, and at the right time,
in the Spring of the year, before the graduating classes of our high schools go out,
the number now enrolled at Lebanon Valley College should easily be doubled. Shall
there not be such a canvass for students during the coming year? »
The Minimum Salary. — A number of our congregations at the beginning of the
year, in fixing the budget of expenses, arranged for the first time for the payment of
the minimum salary of seven hundred dollars and home, and they succeeded in ful¬
filling their expectations. There are still others, however, who have not yet reached
that goal. In accordance with the forecast of last year, I urge upon the Conference
to fix the minimum standard of seven hundred dollars and home, so that every pastor
complying with the conditions of the former minimum standard of six hundred dol¬
lars and home, may be assured hereafter of not less salary than seven hundred dollars
and home.
The Conference Minutes of last year show 45 charges as having paid the year be¬
fore less than $700, and home; of these, however, 18 were under missionary appro¬
priation ; 3 of these, with the appropriation, did not reach the $700 standard, leaving
30 charges that paid less than $700 and home. Seven of them, under the impetus ol
the forecast made in my report last year went up to the $700 and home standard,
leaving 23 still below that figure. ' Of those receiving a small appropriation 2 need
not be placed in the $700 minimum list, leaving 21 still below. Through changes of
boundary one receiving missionary appropriation will be removed from that column,
thus leaving 20 charges below the $700 standard, of which 14 charges, some served by
students and others for other reasons, will necessarily be released from the $700 and
home minimum, and of the 6 charges that are left to be provided for on this basis, at
least 3 are almost sure to rise to the higher standard, leaving 3 to be cared for under
the minimum standard of $700 and home.
Our Territory. — This is too large a field for me to enter at this time. I must
be content to simply stand at the gate and point my index-finger to the east, the
southeast, and the northeast, and you know already what it means — our vast unoccu-
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pied territory. We have there an unoccupied territory that has been patiently awaiting
our effective occupancy, lo these many years! How much longer shall it wait?
I submitted to our Finance Committee at their meeting in August a plan by which
it will be possible to enter this rich field and reap the harvest of a larger Church in
an incomparable home-mission territory. I expect the committee to make report ot
their conclusions on my recommendation to this Conference, and therefore should not at
this time, perhaps, anticipate what they may have to say ; excepting to say just this
of my plan : I propose a thorough canvass of our Conference, to begin immediately
after adjournment, and to be aggressively pushed throughout the year, to create a
self-perpetuating Conference Church Extension Fund, with the general objective of
taking up our unoccupied conference territory as we may be able from time to time
to finance such enterprises; and the immediate and specific objective, of establishing
our Church permanently in the city of Philadelphia, and especially at this time in
West Philadelphia. The Finance Committee will report on this, together with other
recommendations and conditions.
Our Missions generally have had a good year, and the prospect for their rapid
growth and speedy maturity to manhood’s stature and self-supporting strength was
never brighter than it is to-day. The Secretary of our Conference Missionary and
Church Extension Society will report more particularly on this phase of our work.
The Spiritual Thermometer. — I have delayed purposely making mention of the
spiritual condition of the Church, because I desire to have you see it from this
angle. I have had an exceptionally encouraging report to give you, merely in out¬
line, however, of our material progress, but this prosperity in material things has
been due largely to our improved spiritual condition and to the increasing intelligence
of our laity, and the better, more sensible business methods of discharging the obliga¬
tions of our stewardship in Christian service and Christian giving. But it might be
well to sound a note of caution here, lest in our absorbing interest in and enlarged
vision of our material possibilities we should neglect to keep pace in our spiritual
progress with our material advancement. With our greater prosperity, if our conse¬
cration and devotion be only equal to our increasing and better facilities we should
have larger results in the ingathering of the unchurched. The Church was born in
the spirit of evangelism, and that must still be our most precious legacy and proudest
distinction, as well as our highest and best claim to a rightful place and just recogni¬
tion among the denominations with whom we would stand on an equality in the part
we should take in the world’s evangelization.
A Personal Word. — I have already more than reached the limit of my report.
And yet, you must indulge me while, in concluding, I just open my heart to you and
tell you, as well as the imperfect vehicle of language can convey such heartfelt senti¬
ments, how much I have been helped, comforted and encouraged by your uniform
kindness, and that whatever success I may have had is not due to my wisdom and
strength, but more especially to the fact that my lot was cast for me in a pleasant
place — none better on earth — in association and sweet fellowship with you, my brethren
of the ministry and the laity, and not least, by any means, to the consciousness of the
gracious, divine abiding presence.
With the prayer that our dear Lord may be with us during the sessions of our
Conference, and that He may direct us in our deliberations to wise conclusions, I am
Yours in Christian service.
D. D. Lowery.
The names of the following unemployed ministers were called and their charac¬
ters passed :
George F. Bierman, John Binkley, J. R. Blecker, J. W. Boughter, C. I. B. Brane,
G. W. Enders, S. D. Faust, J. B. Funk, H. S. Gabel, U. Gambler, B. F. Goodman, I.
M. Groff, I. W. Groh, I. B. Koons, H. M. Klinger, William Lamey, N. L. Linebaugh,
F. List, D. E. Long, Oliver Mease, C. W. Miller, M. J. Mumma, W. H. Peiffer, E. J.
Renshaw, G. B. Renshaw, G. M. Richter, J. Runk, j. Shoop, W. C. Shoop, C. W.
Shoop, J. G. Steiner, A. N. Ulrich, M. L. Weekley, W. J. Zuck, A. M. Blecker, J. B.
Glick, Mark G. Holtzman, J. H. Kurtz, W. H. Lehman, J. F. Musselman, H. U. Roop,
W. H. Snyder, B. B. Weidman.
The following deceased brethren were referred to a Committee of Memoirs : W. A.
Baier to D. S. Longenecker : George Stoll to Ja'mes Shoop; J. P. Smith to H. B.
Spayd ; S. M. Hummel to A. S. Lehman.
E. S. Comrey and J. R. Bowermaster were added to the Itinerant list.
The Committee on Boundaries reported as follows, which was on motion adopted:
Report of the Committee on Boundaries.
We, your Committee on Boundaries, recommend the following:
First. That there be one Conference Superintendent district.
Second. That the Hershey charge composed of Hershey and Gravel Hill appoint¬
ments be constituted two charges to be known as Hershey and Palmyra, Second Church.
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Third. That the church at Palmyra be known as Palmyra First Church.
Fourth. On the joint petition of the official boards of the Otterbein and Memorial
churches, of Reading, requesting that the churches named be united, we recommend
that their request be granted, and that the name of the new organization be that of
the street or streets upon which it shall be located.
Fifth. That all other charges remain as they now are.
D. D. Lowery was re-elected Conference Superintendent for the nineteenth consecu¬
tive term.
The transfers of J. T. Spangler and W. E. Shoop from the Allegheny Conference,
and B. F. Daugherty from the Lower Wabash Conference, were referred to the Com¬
mittee on Applicants and Credentials.
The first day, afternoon session of Conference adjourned with the benediction
by H. B. Spayd.
SECOND DAY— MORNING SESSION.
The Conference convened at 9 : 30 a. m. After a short devotional service Bishop
Mathews delivered a practical address on “Mountain Top Visions.”
The roll of the Conference was called and the Minutes of the first day’s sessions
were read and approved.
On motion the Ministerial Relief Association of the Conference organized two
years ago was ordered disbanded.
ILe following report on Education was read by I. M. Hershey, and was on
motion adopted :
Report on Education.
Education is fundamental in the development of the individual, of the state and
of the Church. There is no progress nor achievement apart from it. The state as well
as private individuals or corporate institutions educate with certain objectives in
view. To realize the highest and best objectives of an education the Church must
maintain schools. The Church as expressed in any one single denomination must edu¬
cate in order that its fraternity and identity may be maintained. Hence be it recom¬
mended :
1. That Bonebrake Theological Seminary of Dayton, Ohio, receive our most
hearty support under the following considerations :
(1) We rejoice in the excellent work which has been done by the management
during the past year, and pledge our hearty sympathy and co-operation in the cre¬
ation of a greater seminary.
(2) We commend the management for its foresight in securing ample and beauti¬
ful grounds in Dayton View for the relocation of the institution, and record our
hearty approval of the relocation. We also record our appreciation of the splendid
financial success during the past year, and rejoice in the securing of large additional
funds.
(3) We pledge ourselves as individuals and as a Conference to continue our sup¬
port of the action of the General Conference in directing a canvass of the entire
Church for funds that this institution may meet fully the demands of the denomination.
(4) As a Conference, we heartily endorse the movement to secure at least $200,-
000.00 against the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the seminary, which will
be celebrated in connection with the next commencement exercises, and pledge our
hearty co-operation in this work.
2. That we pledge continued co-operation with Lebanon Valley College: (1) by
paying and advising to be paid at an early convenience the notes on debt fund that
both debt and interest may make way for the providing of an adequate endowment ;
(2) by forwarding the names of prospective students, and urging the young people
of our various charges to attend Lebanon Valley College.
3. That non-resident courses be arranged for ministers and laymen who find it
impossible to go away to school and yet are eager to take advanced work along cer¬
tain lines.
(See Discipline, p. 136).
4. That we observe “Educational Day” in all our churches that all our educa¬
tional work may get a good hearing.
5. That we observe the “Day of Prayer” for students.
6. That we preach special sermons on the call and functions of the Gospel Min¬
istry and encourage young men to enter upon this Holy Order for service with the
fullest possible preparation.
7. That we as a Conference in harmony with Discipline, p. 132, entreat the
Board of Education to outline a course in English Bible to be submitted to our va¬
rious colleges to serve as a supplement to our present theological course with a view
of giving the study of the Bible an unprecedented place in the education of the
Church.
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In connection with the above, President Keister, of Lebanon Valley College, pre¬
sented his annual report, which was adopted. It is as follows :
Report of President oe Lebanon ValeEy College.
To the East Pennsylvania Conference:
Once more a friend and supporter of Lebanon Valley College has passed from
these scenes of activity. Mr. Benjamin H. Engle, who was a trustee at the time of
his death, has left the service of the college, but his name remains with it in per¬
petual memory. Engle Music Hall, his gift to the College in life, becomes his memor¬
ial in death.
The enrollment of students for the current year, viz : 200, excels that of last year.
The three new teachers already give evidence of fine ability and an active interest in
the work of the college. Two of these replace others, but one is an addition to the
faculty, much needed and much appreciated. The Department of Education can now
meet the requirements of those who intend to teach.
The debt according to the Treasurer’s report, March 31, 1911, was $48,925.95, a
reduction during the year of $13,957.45. The bonds can now be purchased and the
debt should be reduced as rapidly as possible in order to relieve the college of all in¬
terest- charge, this item amounting last year to $2,758.62.
Mr. Vernon Rettew, of Harrisburg, has arranged to reinsure the college property
according to the pledge signed by his father, Mr. Chas. B. Rettew, deceased.
The estimated deficit of last year was collected during the year, so that no debt
was incurred. The estimated deficit for the current year' is $4,000.00.
For the first time since its establishment the interest on the Dodge Fund could
not be collected, and it is a matter of regret that the principal must be recovered by
process of law.
The fourth installment of the first debt effort and the third installment of the
second debt effort fall due January 1, 1912. A cheerful response will further re¬
duce the debt which is slowly disappearing.
In order to overcome the annual deficit, in order to do the work of the col¬
lege, and in order to comply with the definition of a standard college, given by the
Chief State School Officers of the North Central and Western States, Nov. 17-19,
1910, an adequate endowment should be secured. The seventh article reads as fol¬
lows : “A permanent endowment of not less than $200,000.00 or an assured fixed
annual income, exclusive of tuition, of at least $10,000.00, provided that this require¬
ment shall not be mandatory until five years after the institution has been recog¬
nized.” Genuine leadership would anticipate this requirement as reasonable and
right. Surely every friend of the college realized the importance of immediate and
effective action. Why should not the laymen of the United Brethren Church emulate
the laymen of the Lutheran Church, who have undertaken to raise twenty times the
sum we require in about the same period of time, one-half to be devoted to educa¬
tion ?
Two facts call for emphasis to-day: First, the college needs money for current
expenses, for needed improvements and especially for a gymnasium. Second, the col¬
lege is an important if not an essential factor in our denominational life, present and
future. If we want an educated ministry for city charges, if we want efficient men
everywhere, if we want men who are the equals of those in other denominations, then
we must emphasize the value of the college in our denominational life and its claim
upon the Church for moral and financial support.
The Womans’ Board paid on the debt during the year, $142.00, put in new window
shades in the Music Hall, and arched the stage. These results should encourage the
Board and call forth the continual co-operation of the friends of the college. What
could be more appropriate than that the women of our churches should have a part
in the educational work which begins under their supervision in the home during the
formative years?
By the suggestion of the Executive Committee and by the action of the Board of
Trustees, at its last session, a Treasurer was elected to do the work of the of¬
fice and relieve the President — thus enabling him to do more in the field soliciting
funds and students. Rev. W. H. Weaver was chosen, and assumed his duties July
1, 1911*
During the past year one check of one hundred dollars came into my hands with¬
out any special solicitation. The personal interest in Lebanon Valley College which
prompted this gift should spring up everywhere. Voluntary gifts forecast the con¬
tinued existence of the institution and also its future enlargement. In like manner a
gymnasium should come bearing the name of the donor, the several chairs should be
endowed in honor of the living, or in memory of the dead, and the pulse of our de¬
nominational life should beat with new strength and purpose. Surely we should ex¬
pect the Spirit of God to inspire students to enter the college halls, Christian men and
women to consecrate their wealth to her support, and the college itself to be Chris¬
tian in spirit and teaching and government. Lebanon Valley College must be a real
life-center with its rythmic systole and diastole, receiving and giving, giving and re¬
ceiving, as its perpetual vindication of its power as well as its right to exist. Its own
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life and ministry must be its one demonstration of its value as an organized agency
for the promotion of the kingdom of God. Lawrence; Kejister,
President.
The Conference Publication Board through its Secretary, I. N. Seldomridge, re¬
ported as follows, which, after an address by S. C. Enck, was adopted and is as fol¬
lows :
Report op the Conference Publication Board.
Dear Brethren : I take pleasure in submitting to you, the following report :
Number of subscriptions for the Conference Herald, received during the year, 2,535.
Amount of money received, $636.25. Number of subscriptions now on the mailing
list, 2,683. Average number of copies issued during the year, per month, 2,800. The
charge having the highest number of subscriptions (77) is Annville, Rev. H. B.
Spayd, pastor. The next highest is (70) Reading Otterbein, Rev. J. B. Rittgers,
pastor. The next highest .(67) is Reading Salem, Rev. S. B. Wengert, pastor. The
next highest (65) is Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Rev. P. H. Balsbaugh, pastor. Twenty
charges have exceeded their apportionment, three came out even, and 50 failed to reach
the mark.
One appointment failed to send any at all. two sent in only one. and another
three, and two only four each. With the earnest co-operation of every pastor, the
list could easily be made 3,000, and then the Herald would be on a paying basis.
Respectfully submitted,
I. N. Seldomridge,
Circulation Manager.
The Treasurer of the Conference Publication Board submitted the following re¬
port which was on motion approved :
Report of Treasurer of Conference Publication Board.
The following is the report of the Treasurer of the Publication Board:
1910. Dr.
Oct. 1. To balance, cash, . $86 81
Nov. 2. To cash Herald subscriptions for October, . 44 50
Dec. 6. To cash Herald subscriptions for November, . 45 50
1911
Jan. 5. To cash Herald subscriptions for December, . 65 25
Feb. 8. To cash Herald subscriptions for January, . 91 50
Mar. 1. To cash Herald subscriptions for February, . 140 50
April 3. To cash Herald subscriptions for March, . 59 90
May 5. To cash Herald subscriptions for April, . 50 75
June 7. To cash Herald subscriptions for May, . 40 00
July 7. To cash Herald subscriptions for June, . 24 00
Aug. 10. To cash Herald subscriptions for July, . 13 00
Sept. 8. To cash Herald subscriptions for August, . 17 75
Oct. 1. To cash for ads in Herald and Minutes . 341 98
Total, . . $1,021 44
1910. Cr.
Nov. 22. By cash Central Printing Co., . $94 69
1 9 1 T.
Jan. 11. By cash U. E. Publishing House, . 246 30
Jan. 11. By cash Central -Printing Co., . 46 96
Feb. 8. By cash Central Printing Co. . 96 14
Mar. 7. By cash Central Printing Co., . 49 18
Mar. 16. By cash Valley Trust Co., . 100 00
June 7. By cash Central Printing Co., . 65 16
Sept. 11. By cash Central Printing Co., . 186 19
Oct. 2. By cash postage and express, . 44 20
Oct. 2. By cash interest, commission, and board expenses, . 33 9°
Oct. 2. By cash balance, . 58 72
Total . . $1,021 44
Oct. 1. To balance, . $58 72
Liabilities.
1 9 1 1 .
Oct. 2. To note in bank, . . $150 00
Oct. 2. To bills payable, . 88 71
Total, . •• . $238 71
Resources.
1911.
Oct. 2. To cash balance, . $58 72
Oct. 2. To outstanding ads due . 119 00
Oct. 2. To liabilities above resources, . 60 99
Total, . . $238 71
Conference Proceedings
The Committee on Nominations reported as follows, which was adopted and the
committee ordered to have five hundred copies of the report printed :
Report oe the Nominating Committee.
Conference Sunday-School Board.
Vote for Five.
D. D. Lowery.
A. K. Wier.
O. P. Beckley.
S. E. Rupp.
E. O. Burtner.
P. H. Balsbaugh.
C. A. Snavely.
D. D. Buddinger.
A. S. Lehman.
R. S. Arndt.
Conference Historical Secretary.
Vote for One.
I, H. Albright.
Thomas Garland.
Conference Treasurer.
Vote for One.
S. E. Engle.
M. S. Hendricks.
Trustees of Conference Preachers’ Aid
Society.
Vote for Six.
D. S. Longenecker.
H. M. Miller.
H. B. Spayd.
L. R. Kramer.
C. A. Mutch.
I. H. Albright.
Amos Lehman.
S. E. Rupp.
A. G. Nye.
H. F. Rhoad.
B. F. Goodman.
H. F. McNelly.
Managers of Conference Missionary and
Church Bxtension Society.
Vote for Three.
S. C. Enck.
E. A. G. Bossier.
E O. Burtner.
S. C. Snoke.
G. F. Breinig.
Trustees of Russell Biblical Fund.
Vote for Five.
P. L. Haines.
S. B. Wengert.
W. W. Fridinger.
M. H. Jones.
S. L. Rhoads.
A. L. Haesler.
J. F. Smith.
vS. G. Kauffman.
A. S. Lehman.
Mark Wert.
Professor of Russell Biblical Fund.
Vote for One.
I. E. Runk.
H. E. Miller.
Trustees of Anti-Saloon League.
Vote for Two.
A. K. Wier.
S. E. Rupp.
A. E. Shroyer.
G. D. Badorf.
J. M. Walters.
Conference Publication Board.
Vote for Ten.
D. D. Lowery.
E. O. Burtner.
H. M. Miller.
J. A. Lyter.
S. C. Enck.
S. F. Engle.
H. E. Miller.
G. D. Badorf.
I. E. Runk.
C. S. Miller.
A. K. Wier.
I. N. Seldomridge.
Conference Branch Foreign Missionary
Society.
Vote for Five.
D. D. T.owery.
G. D. Badorf.
H. L. Carl.
S. R. Grabill.
J. W. Kauffman.
S. S. Daugherty.
T. 1'. Snangler.
R. R. Butterwick.
T. A. Keiper.
John V. Snader.
jos. Daugherty.
Conference Branch Home Missionary
Committee.
Vote for Three.
S. C. Enck.
A. K. Wier.
H. B. Spavd.
H. M. Miller.
S. S. Daugherty.
Janies B. Baker.
Conference Proceedings
The Committee on Applicants and Credentials reported as follows, which was
adopted :
Report of the Committee on Applicants and Credentials.
The Committee on Applicants and Credentials recommends the following:
1. That Titus J. Leibold, G. Adolphus Richie, Phares B. Gibble and J. W. Bom-
berger be granted license to preach the Gospel.
2. That J. H. Dunham be retained in quarterly conference relation.
3. J. F.. Brown and Martin Groff have not met all the requirements of the Dis¬
cipline; but in view of the faithful and efficient service which they have given on
regular Conference charges, and under regular Conference appointment, the committee
refers their application to Conference for special consideration.
4. That J. T. Spangler and W. E. Shoop be received from the Allegheny Con¬
ference on their transfers, and that B. F. Daugherty be received from the Lower
Wabash Conference on his transfer.
5. ffbat the following transfers be granted :
G. B. Renshaw, E. B. Renshaw, Harry Kottler and A. A. Long to the Pennsyl¬
vania Conference,
C. W. Miller to the Miami Conference.
H. M. Klinger to the Minnesota Conference, and
M. L. Weekley to any Conference with which he may wish to unite.
I. E. Runic,
H. E. Miller.
A. S. Lehman,
Committee.
J. F. Brown and Martin Groff, who were referred to the Conference, for special
action, in Recommendation 3, of the above report were, on motion, granted license to
preach the Gospel.
The Committee on First Year’s Course of Study reported as follows, which was
adopted :
Report of Committee on First Year’s Course of Study.
The following licentiates were examined by us, in the First Year's Course of
Study, as per Discipline, with the following grades:
Eyclopedic Handbook
of the Bible.
The Foreign Mission¬
ary.
Extemporaneous
Preaching.
U. B. Church His¬
tory, Part. I.
Making of a Sermon.
d
0
£
Fh
4>
m
E. E. Bender, .
96
92
95
97
90
85
George W. Hess, .
81
82
80
80
82
75
0. H. Holzinger, .
96
95
96
97
90
80
Clyde A. Lynch, .
82
. ,
, .
, ,
, ,
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Harry Kottler, .
94
97
96
93
90
80
Ira D. Lowery, .
• •
98
97
95
85
We recommend that E. E. Bender, Geo. W. Hess, C. H. Holzinger, Harry Kottler,
and Ira D. Lowery pass to the Second Year’s Course of Study.
That Clyde A. Lynch, O. T. Ehrhart, Jacob B. Glick, Chas. G. White, P. M.
Holdeman, Geo. M. Richter, W. C. Shoop, W. H. Peiffer and Mark G. Holtzman, be
retained in the First Year’s Course of Study.
C. A. Mutch,
J. A. KeipEr,
M. H. Jones,
Committee.
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The Committee on Second Year’s Course of Study reported as follows, which was
adopted :
Report op the Committee on Second Year’s Course op Study.
There appeared before us E. S. Comrey, J. L. Ohmacht, and E. Ethan Bender,
whom we examined as per Discipline, and graded as follows, viz :
Eycyclopedic Hand¬
book.
The Preacher.
U. B. Church History.
Doctrine of the
Prophets.
f
Exegetical Studies in
Galatians.
Exegetical Studies in
1st and 2d Timothy
and Titus.
Sermon.
E. S. Comrey, .
96
90
93
92
91
94
85
J. L. Ohmacht, .
80
77
75
80
# #
E. Ethan Bender, .
95
93
• •
• •
• *
We recommend that E. S. Comrey be passed to the Third Year’s Course of Study,
and that R. E. Morgan, J. L. Ohmacht, A. N. Ulrich, and N. L. Linebaugh be retained
in the Second Year’s Course. E. O. Burtner,
H. F. Rhoad,
Joseph Daugherty,
Committee.
The Committee on Third Year’s Course of Study reported as follows, which was
adopted :
Report of the Committee on Third Year’s Course op Study.
The Committee on Third Year’s Course of Study examined the following licen¬
tiates, with grades annexed :
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We recommend that Clarence Mease, A. L. Haeseler and J. R. Bowermaster pass
to the Fourth Year’s Course of Study ; that Charles W. Shoop be retained in the Third
Year’s Course of Study. I. H. Albright,
A. G. Nye,
A. K. Wier,
Committee.
The Committee on Fourth Year’s Course of Study reported as follows, which was
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Report oe the Committee on Fourth Year’s Course of Study.
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A. L. Haeseler and H. M. Trautman having completed their Course of Study, we
recommend that they pass to the Committee on Ordination. J. R. Bowermaster having
completed his course with the exception of a sermon, we recommend that he be passed
on condition that he produce a sermon in the near future.
We also recommend the following: That it is the sense of this Conference that
licentiates from this Conference who complete the course, and graduate from Bone-
brake Theological Seminary, should return to this Conference for ordination.
S. C. Enck,
J. M. Walters,
S. S. Daugherty,
Committee.
The Committee on Elder’s Orders reported as follows, which was adopted :
Report oe the Committee on Elder’s Orders.
We, your Committee on Elder’s Orders, beg leave to report the following: H. M.
Trautman, A. L. Haeseler and John R. Bowermaster were examined as per Discipline.
We found them sound in doctrine, and recommend that they be ordained to the of¬
fice of an elder in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
D. S. Longenecker,
Thomas Garland,
S. G. Kauffman,
Committee.
D. S. Longenecker presented the following report on “The Home,” which was
adopted :
Report of the Committee on “The Home.”
The great problem of our day is — how can the rising generation be saved from the
seductive influences with which they are surrounded and become qualified to act well
their part in life? One great remedy is to be found in the family and the home.
The religion of the family is the most primitive and ideal. The family is a
radical and fundamental organization and agency in human society. Church and
state are dependent upon it for their existence, and for whatever makes them bene¬
ficial in the world. It is the original source of authority, government, morality and
religion. There the Church was organized, human government instituted, and mar¬
riage divinely solemnized.
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Without the ties, government, discipline, virtue and piety of the family, the Church
could not exist, and society would quickly relapse into anarchy and barbarism. Is it
any wonder then, that God guards the family sanctity and family life with such jeal¬
ous care, and lays upon the marital and parental relations such solemn sanctions and
obligations ?
Family religion has been peculiarly approved and blessed of God. It is a re¬
markable fact that most men, eminent in life, had in childhood a religious home.
Bishop Haven says: “Three-fourths of the most prominent scientists, authors and mer¬
chants are not more than two generations removed from the manse.” The influence
of a religious home, in childhood, will almost surely assert itself in some way in
after years. The morning hymn and evening prayer linger in the memory and are
sure to bring forth good results in life.
We plead very earnestly for more religion in the home, and for more true Chris¬
tian homes. A prominent writer has well said “France builds theaters and palaces,
Italy builds churches and convents, but America builds homes/’ May it always be
true, and truly said throughout the world that America is the land of Christian
homes.
The second day, morning session of the Conference adjourned with the benediction
by J. Binkley.
SECOND DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Conference convened at i : 30 p. m. Devotional exercises were conducted by
H. B. Spayd.
The following letter from J. S. Kendall, Secretary of Christian Stewardship of the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, was read and after addresses by Bishop
Mathews and President Keister, of Lebanon Valley College, was ordered printed in the
Minutes.
Letter from the Commission op Christian Stewardship.
Dayton, Ohio,
Dear Co-Workers: In sending you this word of personal greeting, we call upon
you to join us in giving praise to God for the gracious record of another year. You
will be gratified to know that the agitation in our Zion for a better support of the
ministry yielded an increase of about $103,000 last year, and the outlook for the
present year is even better. I trust that each pastor in your Conference had a just
share of this increase.
We note with peculiar pleasure the quickened interest in the benevolent work of
the Church. The reports made by the General Treasurer, to the various Boards, at
their meetings in May, were most encouraging. They showed a handsome increase
over his reports of the previous year. But these reports do not yet express what
our people are able to do, if they organize their churches as suggested by the Com¬
mission. Organization is not to be an end in itself, but a means to the realization of
a far greater end. We are not seeking to add to your burdens. Our desire is to aid
you in every way possible.
After years of careful study and experience in trying out plans, there is a con¬
sensus of opinion that the system that will enable the Church to be relieved from her
embarrassing deficits, and more adequately provide for the interests of the kingdom
of God, is the weekly system of giving to every benevolent interest of the Church. To
aid you in introducing and working this plan, the Commission has provided a little
booklet, “The Better Way in Church Finances,” by the General Secretary, which is on
sale at the book table; also a little booklet for free distribution, “Our New Financial
Plan,” which can be secured by writing to the headquarters, 615 U. B. Building, Day-
ton, Ohio, and enclosing postage at the rate of 25c. per 100. Each official of the
Church should have this booklet.
Write the General Secretary for plans, suggestions and helps for working “The
Better Way,” in your church finances.
Wishing you a year of great prosperity and the joy of sweet fellowship with our
coming Lord, I am
Sincerely your brother,
J. S. Kendall.
The report on Publishing Interests, prepared by M. L. Weekley, was read by I. E.
Runk, and after addresses by J. M. Phillippi, Editor of the Religious Telescope, and
S. C. Enck of the Conference Publication Board, was adopted. It is as follows :
Report on Publishing Interests.
Ifie publishing interests of a Church are fundamental to the growth and perma¬
nence of its life. They are vital.
First. To unify the life and interests of the denomination. From some central
source the currents of a common life must fertilize the whole body of the Church.
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The literature of a denomination is the medium through which the life of the Church
is gathered up and unified into a common expression and interest. Without an ade¬
quate and authoritative literature no Church can hope to create a great moral and
spiritual enthusiasm, sufficient to inaugurate and carry forward some great and
worthy enterprise.
Second. To diffuse information. The people of one community must know what
people in another community are doing, and how they are doing their work ; and this
knowledge is the largest source of motive that leads on to worthy efforts and achieve¬
ments. “My people perish for lack of knowledge,” is the statement of a fundamental
truth in every field of human enterprise. People must know the needs of the world,
and then how to organize their resources to best meet that need. The literature of a
church should supply in the most detailed and accurate manner the world’s needs,
and give the fullest suggestions and concrete illustrations of how the resources of
every local church should be organized to meet that need.
Third. To stimulate a reading interest, and to meet the demands created by that
interest.
Our children move knee deep in literature, the most of which is positively de¬
moralizing to the life. The Church should do its utmost to checkmate the growing
and dissipating habit of reading the worthless literature that floods the book market.
It is hardly necessary to state the moral obligation under which every intelligent
pastor and layman is placed to promote, in every legitimate way possible, the creation
and maintenance of an adequate denominational literature.
The following report on the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor was
presented by Ira D. Lowrery, and on motion adopted :
Report on Young People’s Society oe Christian Endeavor.
There is no doubt that the future progress of the world, no matter in what line
of activit}’’ it may be, depends upon the generations that are to follow. The young of
to-day must to-morrow hold the helm and guide the ship of state. The great necessity
of education and training for the future leaders and actors in the world’s work is
easily apparent, in order that the accumulated wisdom and experience of the past years
may greatly be theirs, fitting them for the privileges and responsibilities which will de¬
volve upon them.
This is no less true with reference to the Church, which is equally as dependent
for its future success upon the Christian character of its young people and their ability
secured by efficient training. As this is true of the General Church of Jesus Christ,
so it is true of our own denomination within that Church, and of every Conference
Branch within our denomination, and of every local church within our Conference dis¬
trict.
For the future welfare and progress of our Church in the accomplishment of the
mission and purpose for which under God it has been established, i. e., the salvation
of immortal souls, seeking to extend the kingdom of God upon this earth, and the
building up of the Church into the full stature of Jesus Christ, there is no task be¬
fore her so great and so imperative as that of conserving and nurturing her young
people. In view of these facts, resolved
First. That as pastors and laymen, recognizing the importance of training and
developing our young people for the highest Christian living and the most efficient
Christian activity in our Church, we encourage and support the organization and de¬
velopment of existing Young People’s Societ’es in our local churches.
Second. That on charges and appointments where there are no Christian En¬
deavor Societies, the pastors are urgently requested to effect such organizations as
soon as practicable.
Third. That we heartily approve and urge the organization of Junior and Inter¬
mediate Christian Endeavor Societies on all charges and appointments whenever prac¬
ticable, and as soon as possible, and that competent persons be chosen to superintend
the same. For such organization we urge correspondence with the Conference Super¬
intendent of Junior and Intermediate work.
Fourth. That the committees of the Young People’s Society of Christian En¬
deavor are of the utmost importance, and that conscientious and faithful work by
each committee is necessary for the highest success of the local society. Care should
be taken in the selection of the chairmen of these committees in order to insure the
greatest possible efficiency.
Fifth. That the missionary cause, foreign and home, be given the support, inter¬
est, and study which it deserves, realizing that the principal business of the Church
is the evangelization of the millions at home and abroad, and that as a denomination
we are responsible for as many as we can save. We urge the organization of mis¬
sion study classes in each society, taking up for study the excellent missionary text
books recommended by the general societies of Home and Foreign Missions.
Sixth. That each local society co-operate with the Young People’s Department
of the Board of Control in all worthy plans for training our young people in Christian
service. Also in Branch plans and work.
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Seventh. That we appreciate the increasing worth and helpfulness of “The
Watchword,” the organ of the Young People’s work of our denomination, and pledge
ourselves to endeavor to increase its circulation.
The second day, afternoon session of Conference adjourned with the benediction
by B. F. Daugherty.
THIRD DAY— MORNING SESSION.
The Conference convened at 9 : 30 a. m. After a short devotional service Bishop
Mathews delivered a splendid address on “The Conservation of our Forces.” The
Minutes of the second day’s sessions were read and approved.
On motion the Secretary was empowered to have a seal made which shall here¬
after be the legal seal of the Conference.
The following report on Home Missions, was presented and on motion adopted :
Report on Home Missions.
The Christian forces of America, of which we are a part, are facing the gigantic
task of trying to make and keep this nation Christian. Our problems have a dark and
a bright side, both of which should be considered.
One sad reflection is that the Evangelical Christian churches are not keeping up
with the increase of population. With over ninety-two million inhabitants, and less
than twenty-two million of them holding a nominal membership in the Protestant Evan¬
gelical churches, ought to stir every heart and life that is loyal to God, home and
country.
After investigation, the Secretary of the National Reform Association published,
that of the thirteen great evils of the world, the United States leads in nine of them.
The unparalleled and increasing invasion from more than forty different national¬
ities. some of whom are heathen, others semi-heathen, is making our problems more
complicated every day. The seventy-five heathen temples in America emphasize the
aggressiveness of heathenism on our shores.
The conservation of our national resources is attracting our statesmen, but the
conservation of our denominational life ought to concern the Church more. The
neglect of the eastern churches of the never-ceasing flow of her members into our vast
frontier, who go out to face the unparalleled spiritual destitution, is beyond explanation.
We suffered a loss last year of thousands of members by removals; they went where
we had not established ourselves. Many of these are the well-to-do, pushing, business
men who have both means and energy. A single instance will suffice to illustrate this :
Six families from one of our churches near Cincinnati, Ohio, born spiritually into our
Church, went to a thriving city on the Pacific Coast. They called for the Church of
their choice; they were neglected, and disheartened, they joined a sister Church. One
of the thirty composing that company gave ten thousand dollars towards the new build¬
ing of their adopted Church. These cases are common. Shall we not obey God and
provide for our own?
Thank God, there is a bright side to the problem of saving America. Public con¬
science, politically and socially, is being awakened on moral questions. There never
was a time when the general public had their attention called to home mission prob¬
lems by the daily newspapers, the popular magazines, and from the lecture platform,
as to-day.
The awakening of the laymen of the churches, and most significant, is the Men
and Religion Movement that is planning an extensive campaign to enter ninety of the
centers of our country for a sweeping revival of religion, to commence in September
of this year.
The teachings of the conditions of American and the problems of home missions
through the Sunday-school, is encouraging. The study and reading of home mission
books are creating an intelligent enthusiasm for the salvation of the homeland.
As a Church and Conference.
We learn with pleasure that in addition to over forty centers entered the past six
years, the society is planning to make fifty their goal this fall. Our mission fields at
home have increased in membership over two hundred per cent., and during the same
period, twenty-five thousand home mission books have gone out to bless and interest
the Church ; therefore,
Resolved, First. We appreciate the work done by the Home Mission Board.
Second. We will make special effort during the Home Mission periods of October,
November, December and also April, May and June, in our Sunday-schools to carry
out the provisions of General Conference, to have monthly or quarterly exercises and
offerings for Home Missions, and will hold in mind and put due emphasis on the
Sunday before or after the national Thanksgiving for a great rally of sentiment, pray¬
ers and gifts for Home Missions.
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Third. That as pastors and laymen, we will do what we can to forward Home
Mission study and the reading of Home Mission books and literature, as recommended
and furnished by this Society.
Fourth. That we will co-operate with our Conference Home Missionary Committee
to secure an every-member solicitation and gift for Home Missions, and stand ready
in any way that it may seem wise to advance this cause, and will see that this very
important department of our church life shall receive a financial support of not less
than an average of twenty-five cents per member from our fields of labor.
Fifth. While there are fifty million of the people of the United States that never
go to church, and the larger share by far of these are found among the men of our
country, therefore, we pledge ourselves to do what we can to forward the Men and
Religion Forward Movement that is now on in the United States.
The Preachers’ Aid Board of the Conference reported as follows, and made the
following appropriations, which were on motion adopted :
We, your Preachers’ Aid Board, submit the following report :
First. Pursuant to the action of last year’s Conference, the property owned by
the Society, located at Annville, Pa., was sold for $2,000.00 — $500.00 cash and on the
balance we hold a first mortgage.
Second. The Treasurer was instructed to place the five hundred dollars ($500.00)
on interest, the same to be used as the Society may direct.
Third. We recommend that the following appropriations be made :
Mrs. Maria Craumer, .
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Mrs.
Ella Lehman, .
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J. W. Boughter, .
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Mrs.
Annie Light, .
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Mrs. S. M. Hummel, .
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Mrs.
Joel Light, .
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F. List, .
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Mrs.
Cassadella Peters, .
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M. J. Mumma, .
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Mrs.
Mary Uhler, .
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J. Runk, .
. 80
00
Mrs.
L. E. Shannon, .
. 75
00
James Shoop, .
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Mrs.
C. 0. Lehr, .
. 25
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John Binkley, .
. 175
00
Mrs.
Chas. Bauer, .
. 25
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Mrs. Meredith, .
. 75
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Mrs.
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. 75
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Mrs. Baltzell, .
. 80
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Mrs.
Lewis Fleisher, .
. 25
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Mrs. Daugherty, . .
. 50
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Mrs.
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. 25
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Mrs. Etter, .
. 50
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Ihe following resolution relative to the Home Missions and Conference Church
Extension Society was passed :
Resolved, That the Home Missions and Conference Church Extension Board of the
East Pennsylvania Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, is
hereby authorized and empowered to make such loans during the year as it may deem
necessary.
(Signed.) S. C. Enck,
D. D. Lowery.
The following resolution relative to the sale of a lot in Philadelphia was presented
and adopted :
Resolved, That this Annual Conference empowers the Conference Church Exten¬
sion Society to dispose of the lot o-n 54th St. and W. Haverford Ave., Philadelphia,
and authorizes the said Society to purchase a suitable lot well and properly located
for the erection of a church in West Philadelphia, Pa.
(Signed.) S. C. Enck,
G. D. Batdorf.
The following report on Foreign Missions was presented by G. D. Batdorf, and
after an address by H. S. Gabel, and a letter from Dr. Hough, was adopted :
Report on Foreign Missions.
Such an opportunity to win the world to Christ as is now before the Church, has
never before been known. Experts at the recent World Conference declared: “There
may have been times when in some non-Christian lands the missionary forces stood
face to face with as pressing opportunities as those now presented in the same fields,
but never before has there been such a conjunction of opening doors in all parts of
the world as at present.” ^ . , ,
In view of this situation your Foreign Missionary Committee would ask most
seriously this question : “Have we as pastors, and have the laymen in our churches,
realized that to-day is Christ’s opportunity to become the world’s Redeemer and King ;
and that this is the time when He looks to His Church to arise and obey heartily His
command ‘Preach the Gospel to every creature’? Can we rest at ease with half the
world in utter darkness, and with half the Church at home indifferent and unenlisted?”
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We rejoice to know that the Christian churches everywhere are taking larger and
larger interest in giving the Gospel to the whole world. We thank God for the great
power of our sixty foreign missionaries and the increased efficiency of the one hun¬
dred and forty native workers in our five fields. We are right now in the midst of
the real problem of developing a strong native church. The victories abroad are a
mighty inspiration to the home churches.
It is gratifying to know that while the whole of Protestant Christendom nearly
doubled its communicant membership abroad in the last ten years, the United Brethren
Church more than multiplied by three its membership in the foreign fields during the
last six years.
But the need is great. We have only made a good beginning. At the present
time, ten more foreign missionaries are needed. Let prayer be offered to God for
these. Then to meet the needs for buildings and equipment, in addition to the regu¬
lar support of the workers, $86,500 are now needed according to the last report of the
General Secretary.
In view of this extraordinary situation we earnestly recommend that our Con¬
ference fix $8,000.00 as the least we will aim to raise for the Foreign Society the next
twelve months. It is our deep conviction, however, that we cannot reach this goal
by simply aiming at the money. We must have our people see Christ Himself, and
live as partners with the risen Lord to give His Gospel to others. This is the normal
attitude for Christians everywhere, and we dare not rest satisfied so long as there is
a single member of our local churches who is not working with Christ to save the
world.
To awaken the Church there must be the missionary evangelist in the pulpit whose
messages and prayers breathe forth the compassionate spirit of Christ for a lost world.
And not only this, the Church must be organized with a view to study the Word of
God, and the works of God in mission lands. For the coming years the following
inspiring books should be read and studied in every congregation : “India Awakening,”
“Sunrise in the Sunrise Kingdom,” “The Decisive Hour of Christian Missions,” and for
the girls and boys in the Sunday-school “Under Marching Orders,” “Servants of the
King,” and “Uganda's White Man of Work.”
It is the business of the Church to take up and promote missions. Abundant sug¬
gestions for the organization and missionary training of a local church will be found
in the new booklet : “A Unified Plan by an Inter-Denominational Committee Repre¬
senting Home and Foreign Missions.” Every congregation should have a missionary
committee composed of from three to five of its most wide-awake and consecrated
members. This committee in co-operation with the pastor, should aim to do the fol¬
lowing things: 1. Seek to introduce missionary information through leaflets, period¬
icals and mission study classes in the various departments of the church and in the
homes. 2. Plan thoroughly, early in the year, to have every member of the congre¬
gation canvassed for a weekly pledge for missions and all the benevolences of the
Church.
In fixing the aim of each congregation for foreign missions the many kinds of
work performed in our mission fields should be kept in mind, such as the building of
churches, schools and hospitals, and the supporting of the missionaries and a good
part of the native workers. Nothing short of reaching an average of from one, to
two-fifty and five dollars per member will enable us to evangelize our share of the
world. Many congregations in the United States are averaging more than five dol¬
lars per member. To this goal we should all give ourselves with heroic endeavor.
In conclusion it is our deep conviction that the greatest and most pressing need
of our missionary work after all, is intelligent and earnest believing prayer by all
our people. We therefore recommend that our pastors devote one prayer-meeting a
month to definite missionary intercession.
Let us enter the new year with a purpose to pray as never before, and to give,
right through the year for the evangelization of our share of the world.
The Finance Committee reported as follows, which was adopted :
Report oe the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee begs to submit the following recommendations :
First. That we adopt the following budget for the Conference Finances :
Receipts.
Rental on Harrisburg lot, . $30 00
House rent, . 100 00
Interest on Notes, . 100 00
Church Erection offerings, . 2,000 00
Home Missions offering, . 3»5°o 00
Foreign Missions offering, . 8,000 00
Conference collection, . 15,43° 00
Total,
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Expenditures.
Superintendent’s salary, . $2,000 00
Appropriations, . 4,48o Qo
Lebanon Valley College, . 2,ooo 00
Preachers’ Aid . i,000 00
Interests and discounts . 1,350 00
Bishops’ salary, . ; . 825 00
Seminary, . 500 00
Sunday-school General Fund, . 250 00
Educational Beneficiary Fund, . 250 00
Minimum salary . 850 00
Church Erection, General, . 2,000 00
Home Missions, . 3^500 00
Foreign Missions, . !!!!!! 8’ooo 00
Contingencies, . 2,165 00
Total, . $29,160 00
Second. That there be four columns of Assessments as follows : Conference Col¬
lections, Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Church Erection. The column of Con¬
ference Collections to include all the Conference Assessments.
Third. That the minimum standards be, Foreign Missions, 50 cents per member ;
Home Missions, 25 cents per member; Church Erection, 10 cents per member.
Fourth. That the column for Conference Collections include Conference Superin¬
tendent’s Salary, General Preachers’ Aid, Sunday-school General Fund, Bonebrake
Seminary, Educational Beneficiary, Contingent Fund, Lebanon Valley College, Confer¬
ence Church Extension and Conference Missions.
Fifth. That the Conference Superintendent’s salary be $2,000.00 per year.
Sixth. That we make an appropriation of $1,500.00 as an instalment on' a pledge
given Lebanon Valley College at the Conference of 1908.
Seventh. That we appropriate the sum of $500.00 as an instalment on an addi¬
tional obligation of $2,500.00.
Eighth. That the Conference Church Extension Board distribute the total col¬
lected for Conference Collections. That the assessments be as follows :
Allentown, Linden Street, .
Allentown, Sixth Street, . .
Allentown Circuit, .
Annville, .
Avon, .
Bellegrove, .
Berne, .
Birdsboro, ...» .
Catawissa, .
Centerville, .
Chamber Hill and Ebenezer,
Coatesville, .
Columbia, .
Cressona, .
Denver, .
Elizabethtown, .
Ephrata, .
Florin, .
'Grantville, .
Halifax, .
Harrisburg, First, . .
Harrisburg, Otterbein, ....
Harrisburg, Derry Street, .
Harrisburg, State Street, . .
Harrisburg, Sixth Street, .
Hershey, .
Highspire, .
Hillsdale, .
Hopeland, .
Hummelstown, .
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James Shoop.
THIRD DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Conference convened at 1 : 30 p. m. Devotional exercises were conducted
under the direction of the Bishop.
A resolution relative to Bonebrake Theological Seminary was laid on table because
its contents were already covered by the Report on Education.
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The following report on The Bible Cause was presented by C. A. Snavely, and,
after an address by Bishop Mathews, was adopted :
Report on Bibee Cause.
We, who believe in a Creator, preserver, and Guide of all creation, will find our
faith strengthened, as we behold God, not merely in nature, but in the Holy Bible,
God’s special revelation to man, in which His whole will is made known to us, and
the relation to be sustained to Him is clearly stated.
One of the most marvelous facts to be realized in all the experiences of life, is
the truth that man may know God and His will concerning his life.
The greatest joy on earth is found in the life lived by faith in the living Word.
The peace, which surpasses understanding, comes to the soul when the light of
God’s truth shines into the hearts of God’s own, redeemed people.
The Bible, God’s book, reveals the true light which dispels the darkness of sin,
removes sorrow, and brings true joy.
A peace, not as the world gives, a joy complete.
Well may the youth heed the Psalmist’s declaration- — that a young man may
cleanse his way by taking heed thereto according to God’s Word.
Aged saints look through the telescope of faith, because of His promise to them,
for a city whose builder and maker is God.
Verily, it is “A lamp unto our feet, and a light to our pathway.” It is a Gospel
of which we need not be ashamed, the power of God unto salvation.
May we sincerely pray, and earnestly toil to spread the glad tidings of great joy
to all people.
May we so live among men as to reveal its character in our lives, so preach in
word and deed as to lead men into the glorious liberty of a life saved for service in
His vineyard.
May we give of our means, as well as our prayers, to sustain in every effort to
make known God’s Word to all the nations of the world, to save men and to glorify
God.
The following report on Temperance was presented by S. E. Rupp, and with the
addition of a resolution protesting against national recognition of the Brewers’ Con¬
gress to convene in Chicago, Ill., to be sent to the Hon. Philander C. Knox, Secre¬
tary of State, was adopted :
Report oe the Committee on Temperance.
Intemperance is as old as history, but the temperance movement belongs to mod¬
ern times. Though started in England it first gained headway in America. In 1804
Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, wrote an
important temperance paper. Dr. J. B. Clark founded the Temperance Society of
Morean and Northumberland in 1808, which was followed in 1826 by the founding of
the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Temperance.. By 1829 there were
eleven states and about 1,000 local societies; this movement increased in 1833 to 6,000
local societies with over 1,000,000 members.
In 1874 the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union began its operations marking
an epoch in the temperance movement of the world. Its efforts for temperance edu¬
cation in schools and churches have had a tremendous influence on the movement, in
this country especially.
A remarkable movement has been on foot for the last five years in the southern
states towards prohibition and local option. At the present time more than half of
the population of these states are under local option.
Life insurance companies are also becoming interested in the question of tem¬
perance. Favorable terms are given to total abstainers by some companies in England
and America, while in both nations companies with lower terms have been established
for teetotalers.
The Anti-Saloon League is a most progressive society and its efficient organiza¬
tion is reaching into all the states of the Union. This movement deserves our hearty
co-operation and personal interest. The size of its task is realized only when we_ con¬
sider that in 1907 the enormous sum of $415,000,000.00 was invested in the liquor
traffic.
Prohibition and legislation with scientific and medical teaching are doing much,
but religious and moral influence are doing more to better conditions. The develop¬
ment of a public opinion through education is beginning to have its effect. The perma¬
nent growing force against intemperance is our personal feelings of refinement, our
social ideals and our religious and moral standards.
We commend the various movements on foot to increase the sentiment and leg¬
islation against intemperance, and pledge our support to every rational effort.
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Whereas. Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State of the United States, has given
official recognition and announcements of the Brewers’ Congress to be held in Chicago,
October 16-19, and
Whereas, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, has con¬
sented to act as honorary president of the Association ; therefore,
We, the members of East Pennsylvania Conference of the Church of the United
Brethren in Christ, representing over 22,000 members, do most earnestly protest against
the action of Secretary Knox and earnestly appeal to Secretary Wilson not to act
as chairman of this congress, in the interest of morals and Christian ideals of the
nation.
The following report on Sabbath-Schools was presented by Mark Holtzman and on
motion was adopted :
Report on Sunday-Schools.
The Sunday-school is easily the most extensive auxiliary of the Protestant Church.
It is making forward strides that are gieantic, and no one can predict correctly
what this mighty organization cannot accomplish.
Tt is a gratifying fact, that the Church of the United Brethren in Christ is among
the most aggressive in this work. The denomination ranks among the first in the
newer departments recently inaugurated, and with the able and aggressive policy of the
Board of Control, still greater advances may be expected. The Men and Religion
Forward Movement has paid a very decided compliment to our Sunday-school depart¬
ment, in selecting one of its secretaries, Warren L. Bunger, as the Dean of the Con¬
servation Committee.
In order that this Conference may give the greatest service to its constituency
and to Christianity, and that the most adequate returns may come to the denomination, -
Conference and local church, be it
Resolved, 1. That we adopt as a whole the policy of the General Sunday-school
Board, and make every effort to co-operate with the same.
2. That we co-operate whenever possible with the County, State and International
Sunday-school Association.
3. That we urge the organization in some form, that men of every church in the
Conference and the enrollment of each organization as a chapter of the General Otter-
bein Brotherhood.
4. That we heartily endorse the Men and Religion Forward Movement and pledge
co-operation.
5. That we suggest that a committee of five (5) be appointed from each church
in the Conference to keep in touch with the movement, study it, co-operate with others
in it. and bring back to the church the plans, methods, and purposes, and so far as
possible the inspiration of the movement.
6. That we. urge wherever possible, that local Sunday-schools make a survey of
their field and follow up the same with a systematic canvass for persons not enrolled
in any school.
7. That we urge the adoption of our own literature in every United Brethren
Sunday-school.
8. That we aim to make this a year of unusual progress in Sunday-school work,
selecting the superintendents, teachers, and methods with that in mind.
Election oe Officers.
The election for Conference officers and officers of its societies and organizations
resulted as follows :
Conference Sunday-School Board.
D. D. Lowery.
A. K. Wier.
O. P. Beckley.
S. E. Rupp.
E. O. Burtner.
Conference Historical Secretary.
I. H. Albright.
Conference Treasurer.
S. F. Engle.
Trustees of Conference Preachers' Aid
Society.
D. S. Longenecker.
H. M. Miller.
H. B. Soayd.
C. A. Mutch.
I. H. Albright.
A. G. Nye.
Manager? of Conference Missionary and
Church Extension Society.
S. C. Enck.
E. A. G. Bossier.*
E. O. Burtner.
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Trustees of Russel Biblical Fund. G. D.^JBadorf.
P. L. Haines.
S. B. Wengert.
W. W. Fridinger.
M. H. Jones.
S. L. Rhoads.
Professor of Russel Biblical Chair.
I. E. Runk.
Trustees of Anti-Saloon League.
i A. K. Wier.
A. E. Shroyer.
■' Conference Publication Board.
D. D. Lowery.
H. M. Miller.
E. O. Burtner.
T. A. Lyter.
IS. C. Enck.
S. F. Engle.
H. E. Miller.
The selection of a place for holding the next session of Conference was left to
the Conference Superintendent.
Collections for the page, amounting to $8.35, and for the janitor, amounting to
$9.45, were taken.
The following were recommended for Educational Aid : C. W. Shoop, W. C.
Shoop, N. L. Linebaugh, P. M. Holdeman, C. G. White, A. S. Beckley, P. B. Gibble,
C. A. Lynch, M. H. Wert, J. B. Glick, and G. A. Richie.
The Treasurer’s salary was fixed at $100.00, and his bond at $5,000.00.
The following bills were ordered paid :
To Reading Eagle for printing ballots, . $2 30
To Clint S. Miller, Press Committee, for renumeration and
expenses, . 17 25
The Ministerial Association of Reading visited the Conference and the greetings
of the Association were expressed by its President, the Rev. T. W. Dickert, pastor of
St. Stephen’s Reformed Church. The response thereto was made by Bishop Mathews.
An address was also made by Ex-Bishop Haman, of the United Evangelical Church.
The Committee on Devotions made the usual announcements supplying the pulpits
of the city for which supplies were requested.
The third day, afternoon session of Conference adjourned with the benediction
by Rev. T. W. Dickert.
I. N. Seldomridge.
Conference Branch Foreign Missionary
Society.
D. D. Lowery.
G. D'. Badorf.
H. L. Carl.
S. R. Grabill.
R. R. Butterwick.
Conference Branch Home Missionary
Committee.
S. C. Enck.
A. K. Wier.
H. B. Spayd.
Trustee of Lebanon Valley College.
M. S. Hendricks — Term ends 1912.
Editor of The Conference Herald.
D. D. Lowery.
FOURTH DAY— MORNING SESSION.
The Conference convened at 9:30 a. m. After a short devotional service. Bishop
Mathews delivered a practical address on “The Feeding of the Multitudes — the Great
Work of the Church.”
The following resolution relative to Mt. Gretna camp-meeting was presented and
adopted :
Resolutions Relative to Mt. Gretna Camp-Meeting.
Whereas, Camp-meetings conducted by the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ, have always been regarded as religious meetings ; and in the Discipline of the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, are placed under the direction and control
of the presiding elder, as such. (See Discipline, Chap. VI, Section VII, Sub Section
4, page 55.) And
Whereas, The grounds and appurtenances at Mt. Gretna, Pa., are owned and
maintained as a place for holding such camp-meeting by the Church of the United
Brethren in Christ, and are chartered as such by the courts of Lebanon Co., Pa., and
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Whereas, The said Camp-meeting Association of Mt. Gretna, Pa., of the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ is hindered by persons, resident there and not mem¬
bers of the above named Church, in the management and maintaining its grounds, ap¬
purtenances, and meetings in conformity to the rules and practices of the said Church
of the United Brethren in Christ ; therefore be it
Resolved, i. That this Conference approves the action of the Presiding Elder, Dr.
Bowery, in demanding that the rules and usages of the Church of the United Brethren
in Christ be followed and maintained in the conduct of the affairs of the said Mt.
Gretna Camp-meeting Association of the United Brethren in Christ.
2. That the Presiding Elder of this Conference be and is hereby instructed to
refuse permission for holding a camp-meeting on the said Mt. Gretna Camp-meeting
grounds, under the auspices of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, unless the
rights, rules, and regulations of the said Church are absolutely respected and main¬
tained.
3. That in the event of being otherwise unable to secure for the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ its rights and privileges in the conduct of the affairs of the
Mt. Gretna Camp-meeting Association of the United Brethren in Christ, the Presid¬
ing Elder of this Conference is hereby authorized to take such steps in the courts of
Lebanon Co., Pa., as will free the said Church of the United Brethren in Christ from
obligations and responsibilities imposed upon it by the charter of the Mt. Gretna Camp¬
meeting Association of the United Brethren in Christ, which under present conditions
it is impossible to fulfill.
The following resolution relative to the Preachers’ Aid Board was presented and
adopted :
Resolved, That the Ministerial Aid Board be permitted to solicit additional funds to
supplement the amounts now available for distribution among the many needy claimants.
D. S. Longenecker,
H. B. Spayd.
S. F. Engle, Conference Treasurer, reported as follows, which was approved. In
connection therewith the Auditing Committee presented to the Conference the ap¬
pended report which was adopted :
Report oe the Conference Treasurer.
The following is the report of the Conference Treasurer:
balance, .
Bill Posting Co., .
loans returned, . . . .
U. B. Publishing House, .
Preachers’ Aid house rent, .
Pottstown Appropriation, . .' .
Widow. Snyder fund, .
Collections, .
Preachers’ Relief, .
Loans during the year, .
Interest, .
Contingent fund, .
Preachers’ Aid, .
Preachers’ Relief, .
Parsonage fund, . .
Children’s Day offering, .
L. V. College, .
Interest and discount, .
Notes paid during the year, .
Church Erection loan and collection, .
Minimum salary, .
Foreign Missions, .
Home Missions, .
Quincy Orphanage, .
Seattle, . .
Phila., Mt. Pisgah and Reading Memorial, .
Christian Endeavor, .
Brotherhood, .
Superintendent, .
Appropriation, .
Benevolences, . .
balance, .
Home Missions.
The following
1910.
Oct.
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May
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Oct.
4-
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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1911
Oct.
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Oct.
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Dr.
$2,815 50
30 00
995 00
269 25
105 75
291 48
40 00
27,968 28
85 23
5,100 00
150 00
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195 69
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76 1 1
2,065 17
U430 74
4,565 00
1,821 85
809 37
7,606 31
2,969 62
1,112 19
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21 03
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2,000 00
5,233 48
1,725 00
4,224 41
$37,850 49 $37,850 49
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$2,969 62
Cr.
$2,969 62
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Contingent Fund.
1910. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 8. To cash, Preachers’ Aid, . $999 48
Oct. 8. To cash, Recording Secretaries and expenses, . 87 35
Oct. 8. To cash, Statistical Secretaries and expenses, . 21 23
Oct. 8. To cash, Press Committee expenses, . 16 10
Oct. 8. To cash, Salary for Treasurer, . 100 00
191 1.
Oct. 2. To cash, Treasurer’s bond, . 12 50
Oct. 2. To cash, Deeds, recording and examining records, . 21 50
Oct. 2. To cash, Insurance, Mt. Pisgah, Philadelphia, . 78 40
Oct. 2. To cash, Tax on Harrisburg lot, . 43 95
Oct. 2. To cash, Postage and printing, . 47 78
Oct. 2. To cash, expenses of board meetings, . 81 78
Oct. 5. To cash, Interest and expense, relief fund, . 8 73
Oct. 5. To cash, balance, . 2,498 63
1910.
Oct. 5. By cash balance, . $1,933 43
Sept. 20. By cash deficit, Lebanon Pleasant Hill, . 84 00
Oct. 6. By cash, Appropriation, . 2,000 00
$4,017 43 $4,017 43
Oct. 5. By cash balance, . 2,498 63
Parsonage Fund.
1911. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 5. To cash, Dr. Gabel, . $5 00
1910.
Sept. 20. By cash, Harrisburg, Derry Street, . $5 00
IVidoiv Snyder Fund.
1910. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 5. By cash balance, . . $52 00
191 1.
Feb. 21. By cash, L. O. Miller, . 40 00
Philadelphia, Haverford Ave.
1910. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 5. By cash balance, . $354 00
Preachers’ Relief Fund.
1911. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 5. To cash, Rev. S. C. Fnck, . • . $195 69
191 x.
Oct. 5. By cash balance, . $110 46
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Feb. 15. By cash, Rev. S. C. Enck, . 50 00
Sept. 30. By cash, Rev. S. C. Enck, . 35 23
$195 69 $195 69
Children’s Day Offering.
1911. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 4. To cash, Col. Cowden, . $76 11
June 20. By cash, Harrisburg, 6th Street, . . $5 00
June 20. By cash, Millersburg . 2 55
June 20. By cash, Lancaster N. Queen, . 5 5$
July 20. By cash, Palmyra, . 5 00
July 20. By cash, Annville, . 9 73
July 20. By cash, St. John, . . • . . . 5 00
July 20. By cash, Avon, . 3 *7
July 20. By cash, Hopeland, . 3 90
July 20. By cash, Refton, . 10 03
July 20. By cash, Intercourse, . 3 00
July 20. By cash, Pequea, . 7 76
July 20. By cash, Iona, . . 7 80
Sept. 20. By cash, Lykens Circuit . 5 °9
Oct. 4. By cash, Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah, . 2 50
$76 11 $76 11
Preachers’ Aid.
1910. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 5. To cash appropriation, . $i,395 00
191 1.
Oct. 5. To cash balance, . 105 75
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Oct. 5. By cash balance, . $126 27
Oct. 5. By cash appropriation Contingent Fund, . 999 48
Oct. 17. By cash, U. B. Publishing House, . 269 25
$1,500 75 $1,500 00
Oct, 5, By pash balance, . . 105 75
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1910.
Oct. 17.
1911.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
1910.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 4.
1 9 x 1 .
Oct. 5.
Feb. 20.
191 1.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
191 1.
June 1.
June 1.
Jan. 20.
April 20.
Aug. 20.
191 1.
Sept. 22.
Oct. 5.
Mar. 20.
May 20.
Oct. 2.
Oct. 2.
1 9 1 1 .
April 19.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
April 19.
Aug. 20.
191 1.
Oct. 5.
May 20.
May 20.
June 20.
June 20.
June 20.
July 20.
July 20.
Minimum Salary.
To cash, Rev. C. S. Miller, . . . .
To cash, Rev. Harry Kottler, . .
To cash, Rev. E. S. Comrey, . . .
To cash, Rev. H. M. Troutman,
To cash, Rev. Wm. Beach,
To cash, Rev. F. J. Butterwick,
To cash, Rev. Z. A. Weidler, . .
To cash, Rev. G. W. Hess, . . .
By cash appropriation, .
Church Erection.
To cash, Dr. Gabel,
By cash collections,
Brotherhood.
To cash, Dr. Gabel,
By cash, Pinegrove,
Foreign Missions.
To cash, D. T. Hough, .
By cash offerings, General Missions,
By cash offerings, Africa, .
By cash offerings, China, .
By cash offerings, Albert Academy,
By cash offerings, Oklahoma, .
By cash offerings, Porto Rico .
Church Erection, Special.
To cash, E. O. Miller (Seattle), .
To cash, Dr. Gabel, .
By cash, Schuylkill Haven, Kauterman, .
By cash, Mt. Jo}% Seattle, . . .
By cash, Allentown, Linden St. (Seattle), ....
L. V. College.
To cash, E- V. College, .
To cash, L. V. College .
By cash, Lebanon, West, .
By cash, Shamokin, First, ...
By cash, Harrisburg Otterbein,
By cash, Royalton, .
Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah and Reading Memorial.
To cash, M. H. Jones,
To cash, M. H. Jones,
To cash, S. C. Snoke,
By cash, Halifax,
By cash, Jacksonville,
C. E. Society.
To cash. Dr. Gabel, . .
By cash, Catawissa, .
By cash, Hebron, .
By cash, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Miller, .
By cash, Iona, . .
By cash, Lancaster, North Queen Street,
By cash, Hopeland, .
By cash, Intercourse, .
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$2
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$2
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$2
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1910.
Oct. 29.
Nov. 17.
191 1.
April 1.
Oct. 2.
Oct. 2.
Oct. 4.
Oct. 4.
Oct. 4.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
Oct. 5.
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1910.
Oct. 5.
191 1.
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Mar.
29.
May
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June
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18.
Sept.
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Oct.
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Oct.
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Church Extension and C onference Missions.
To cash, L. V. College, .
To cash, Church Erection, .
To cash, loans returned, .
To cash, L. V. College, .
To cash, Interest and discount, .
To cash, Superintendent’s Salary, .
To cash, Superintendent’s Salary, .
To cash, Appropriation, .
To cash, Bishop’s salary, .
To cash, Sunday-school, general fund, .
To cash, Education beneficiary fund, .
To cash, Seminary, .
To cash, Appropriation minimum, .
To cash, Appropriation contingent fund, .
To cash, balance, .
By cash balance, .
By cash, Individual loans, .
By cash, Hebron loan returned, .
My cash, Bill Posting Co., .
By cash, Reading Salem loan returned, .
By cash, Valley Trust Co. loan, .
By cash, Interest, Allentown, 6th Street, .
By cash, Lebanon, West, loan returned, .
By cash, Pottstown appropriation, .
By cash, Conference collections, .
By cash balance,
Dr.
$500 00
800 00
$4*565 00
1,' ‘500 00
V430 74
2,00 00
2,000 00
5,233 48
825 00
200 00
200 00
500 00
809 37
2,000 00
i,i74 03
$21,737 62
IA74 03
Cr.
$239 34
3,100 00
160 00
30 00
800 00
2,000 00
150 00
35 00
291 48
14,931 80
$21,737 62
191 1.
Jan.
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Mar.
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June
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Sept.
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Oct.
4-
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Jan.
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April
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April
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May
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June
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June
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Quincy Orphanage.
To cash, Dr. Washinger, .
To cash, Dr. Washinger, .
To cash, Dr. Washinger, .
To cash, Rev. D. E. Long, .
To cash, Rev. D. E. Long, .
By cash, Shamokin, First, .
By cash, Pequea, .
By cash, Lykens, .
By cash, Avon, .
By cash, New Holland, .
By cash, Highspire, .
By cash, Berne, .
By cash, Denver, .
By cash, Bellegrove, .
By cash, Intercourse (Beam Bed), ...
By cash, Annville, . .
By cash, Lititz, . . .
By cash, Lebanon Memorial, .
By cash, Hopeland, .
By cash, Steelton, .
By cash, Pinegrove, .
By cash, Mt. Joy, .
By cash, Schuylkill Haven, .
By cash Sinking Spring, .
By cash, Harrisburg, 6th Street, ....
By cash, Harrisburg, Derry Street, . .
By cash, Halifax, .
By cash, Lancaster, N. Queen Street,
By cash, Lancaster, Covenant .
By ca«h, Columbia, . .
By cash, Lebanon, Bethany, .
By cash, Reading, Salem, .
By cash, Elizabethtown, .
By cash, Hillsdale, .
By cash, Reading, Zion, .
By cash, Harrisburg, First, .
By cash, Hershey, .
By cash, Bellegrove, .
By cash, Jacksonville, .
By cash, Sunbury, .
By cash, Schaefferstown, .
By cash, Florin, .
By cash, Intercourse, .
By cash, Lebanon Memorial, .
By cash, Refton, .
By cash, Iona, . .
By cash, Lebanon, Pleasant Hill, . . . .
Dr.
$530 32
172 13
21 60
334 44
53 70
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$50 00
9 81
10 00
2 50
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18 60
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93 30
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By
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June
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To Notes-
Palmyra, .
Lebanon Circuit,
Mountville, .
Oberlin, .
Harrisburg, Otterbein,
Tower City, .
Resources, Notes Receivable.
Millersburg, .
Cleona Church, .
Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah,
L. V. College, .
Lebanon, St. John, . . . .
Allentown. 6th Street, . .
Reading, Salem, .
Reading, Memorial, .
Coatesville Mission, . . . .
Harrisburg, 6th Street, .
Hebron Mission, .
Lebanon, West, .
Manheim, .
To Real Estate —
• West Philadelphia lot,
Harrisburg lot, .
House and lot, . .
To cash balance,
21 oo
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82 00
2 00
20 00
9 70
$1,112 19 $1,112 19
$1,706 77
500 00
2.200 00
300 00
390 00
1,500 00
1.500 00
1,697 9i
2,400 00
4,000 00
2,980 00
65 00
2,000 00
- $21,239 68
4.200 00
7,000 00
2.500 00
- 13,700 00
4,224 41
Liabilities.
$39,164 09
To notes bearing 6 per cent, interest, .
To notes bearing 5 per cent, interest, .
To non-interest bearing notes, .
To mortgage, Harrisburg lot, .
To mortgage, West Philadelphia lot, .
To book account, St. Paul, .
To resources above liabilities, .
Report of the Auditing Committee.
$8,250 00
14,335 00
300 00
3,000 00
2,000 00
1,261 61
10,017 48
- $39,164 09
We the undersigned have carefully examined the accounts of the Conference
Treasurer, and Treasurer of the Publication Board, and have found them correct to
the best of our knowledge and belief.
M. S. Hendricks,
A. S. Beckley.
Committee.
The following resolution was on motion adopted :
Resolved, That the names and characters of all the ministers on the active list
against whom there are no complaints or charges, regularly presented, at this date,
be passed.
The following report on Church Erection was presented by H. S. Kiefer, and after
an address by H. S. Gabel, Church Erection Secretary, was adopted :
Report on Church Erection.
We all recognize the fact that our safety and the surest guarantee to our moral
strength, as well as our material progress depends upon our loyal, 'faithful and de¬
vout worship of the Christ. This has been the Father’s command to all generations.
He not only commands man to worship him, but in His command He suggests a
sanctuary, that He might dwell with His people. How significant, then, the need of
houses of worship in order to secure God’s presence and blessing with His people. We
are compelled to believe therefore, that Church Erection is second to no other depart¬
ment of our beloved Zion. The Sunday-school has achieved great results by laying
the foundation of many future churches. The Home and Foreign Missionary Socie¬
ties have toiled faithfully and have been rewarded for their labors by seeing hosts
entering the kingdom ; but to give permancy and influence to the work suitable
houses of worship must be erected — churches that command the attention and respect
of a community. Unless we do this many places, in which the banner of the cross in
the name of our beloved Zion has been planted will be lost to our Church.
Being conscious of this fact and the great purposes that these houses of worship
9re to serve, we turn with delight to the Church Erection Society which is under-
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taking to supply this great need. This Society has done a magnificent work in the
promotion of our Church. As evidence of this fact, let us look upon some of the pros¬
perous centers in a number of our cities and towns, whose existence was only made pos¬
sible by the assistance of this society ; but how much more could be accomplished if
the receipts of this society were adequate to its needs.
Therefore be it resolved —
1. That we heartily commend our General Secretary, Dr. H. S. Gabel, a member of
this Conference, and all connected with the work of this Society for their skillful
and faithful management of the same and pledge ourselves to do all we can to pro¬
mote this important branch of Church work.
2. That we preach at least once a year on the subject of Church Erection.
3. That we endeavor to secure at least ten cents per member annually for the
work and whenever practical receive this offering as ordered by the General Board.
4. That we urge our Ladies’ Aid Societies to make an offering to the Parsonage
Fund.
5. That we make every effort to repay loans when due.
The following report of the Committee on Resolutions was presented by P. H.
Balsbaugh, and on motion adopted :
Report of Committee on Resoeutions.
We acknowledge the kindness of a merciful providence in permitting us to assemble
in the One Hundred and Twelfth Annual Session of the East Pennsylvania Conference;
and
Whereas, God has committed to us, his unworthy servants, the gracious privi¬
lege of co-working with Him, in His plan of salvation for men ; therefore, be it
Resolved, 1. That we humbly seek His guiding counsel, acknowledge His ever
gracious companionship with the truly faithful, and pledge anew our desires to re¬
ciprocate His many blessings, with consecrated, obedient stewardship, and prayerful
devotion to duty.
2. That we support such praiseworthy efforts for the “King’s business”' at home
and abroad, as may bear the careful scrutiny and endorsement of those who love and
foster the cause of righteousness, and have every interest of our beloved Zion at heart.
3. That we keep ourselves unspotted from the world, our characters clean and un¬
sullied, our walk with God wholly the walk of faith, and that as true stewards of the
King, we condemn the growing tendency to" replenish the Lord’s treasury with the
proceeds of the modern church festival, and heartily approve of the weekly system of
offerings.
4. That too many delays in returning the Lord’s money to the Conference Treas¬
urer until the end of the conference year, are yet noticeable in our Conference re¬
ports, thus, in part, necessitating an unnecessary expenditure of postage and station¬
ery, from the secretaries of the various Boards, and interest on loans to meet necessary
expenses pertaining to these departments.
5. That by a rising vote of thanks, we express our appreciation of the leader¬
ship vested in our beloved Bishop, Dr. George M. Mathews, and Superintendent Dr.
D. D. Lowery, for their kindly feeling and helpful encouragement, for the inspira¬
tion given by the General Church Officials, to Dr. Batdorf, and his kind people, and
the people of Reading for their hospitality and affectionate welcome, to the Press
Committee, and secular press for services rendered.
6. That we especially appreciate the work of the following in their reports of
our Conference proceedings for the big four daily newspapers of the city of Reading:
Daniel H. Lotus, Eagle; Dallas M. Blatt, Herald; F. O. Sholenberger, Telegram; Miss
May Pauli, Telegram; Harmon B. Durborow, Times.
7. That we welcome to our ranks the brethren entering Conference for His glory,
and that we afford them every possible encouragement and assistance in their work
for God.
8. That we crown the new conference year, with our best manhood, fervent piety,
unabated and unbroken energy, brotherly love, and willing sacrifice for God’s kingdom.
The following eulogies on deceased members of the Conference were read in the
Memorial Service :
On J. P. Smith, by H. B. Spayd ; on S. M. Hummel, by A. S. Lehman ; on W. A.
Baier, by D. S. Longenecker, and on George Stoll, by James Shoop.
Jacob Paue Smith.
Rev. Jacob Paul Smith departed this life and passed peacefully to his reward on
July 31, 1911, from his late home on Church Street, in Lebanon, Pa.
Brother Smith was born in Middleburg, Snyder Co., Pa., March 7, 1849. There
he spent his boyhood .and early manhood and attended the public schools in which he
received the only scholastic training he enjoyed.
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He was married to Mary J. Ruhl, Feb. 8, 1874. To them were born six sons, four
of whom died in their early childhood. The widow and two sons, Lewis E., and Harry
R., remain to mourn their great loss.
The United Brethren class at Middleburg, Pa., recommended him for license to
preach the Gospel at a quarterly conference held December 10, 1870, Rev. J. B. Daugh¬
erty was Presiding Elder. He was received into the East German Conference at
Belleview, Pa., now Bellegrove, and received annual conference license on March 1,
1872, signed by Bishop J. Weaver, D.D. His ordination took place Feb. 26, 1876, at
Hummelstown, Pa., the rite of ordination being administered by the late Bishop David
Edwards.
During his ministry of about thirty-five years he served the following points :
Manheim, Hummelstown, Florin, Lebanon Salem (twice), Allentown, Myerstown,
Tamaqua, Williamstown, Baltimore, Avon, Lebanon Bethany, Bellegrove, Kochendorfers,
Iona and Sinking Spring. While on the last named charge he was compelled to re¬
tire from the active work on account of ill health.
Brother Smith, in his prime, was a good and acceptable preacher. He possessed
considerable native ability. He was a man of good judgment and deep spirituality.
His ministry has been very fruitful. He enjoyed the confidence and affection of a
large circle of friends, both in and out of the Church. He knew what it was to
suffer. Affliction in his home together with his bodily ailments were to him, a
constant source of great sorrow, humiliation and pain.
His last sickness was heart disease. For weeks he was obliged to spend the
nights in a sitting posture. But when the end came, his soul was calm. He left
bright evidences of a happy and glorious transition into the realm where all the blood-
washed souls rejoice in eternal peace and glory.
Appropriate services were held at his late home and were in charge of the writer,
assisted by Revs. D. S. Longenecker, U. Gambler and A. Lehman.
Quite a number of ministers were present to show their last tributes of respect and
to assist in conveying his remains to the grave, in Ebenezer Cemetery, four and a half
miles west of Lebanon, Pa., where his body will rest until the resurrection morn.
H. B. Spayd.
Solomon Mumma Hummel.
Rev. Solomon Mumma Hummel, son of Jacob Hummel and wife, was born at
Stoverdale, Dauphin Co., Pa., February 2, 1839. Died at Hummelstown, Pa., August
28, 1 91 1, aged 72 years, 6 months and 26 days.
In his early life he lived with his parents on the farm, availing himself of privi¬
leges the district school afforded.
He was married to Mary Nissley, daughter of Martin Nissley and wife, of Derry
Church, Pa., where he lived for a short period, later moving to Stoverdale.
He and his wife were converted in the U. B. Church, at Hummelstown, Pa., during
the winter of 1867-68, under the labors of the late I. L. Kephart, and joined the U.
B. Church at Stoverdale.
During a campmeeting held in Balsbaugh’s Grove, southwest of Hummelstown in
1869, he was deeply convicted he should enter the Christian ministry and after much
prayer, yielded, being granted quarterly conference license shortly afterwards.
He was received into the Greman Conference with J. Weirich, B. K. Keck, and
J. P. Miller, at Lebanon, Pa., February 27, 1873, Bishop Weaver presiding.
In 1876 the Conference convening at Lykens, Pa., appointed him to Union Circuit.
He was ordained at Pine Grove, Pa., in 1877, by Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner, and
appointed to Paradise, Lancaster Co., Pa., serving one year. Because of failing health
he located at Hershey, Pa., and engaged in the coal business, preaching as much as
health permitted.
He served on the Stationing Committee of Conference of 1878, held at Myers¬
town, Pa.
The Conference of 1879, at Spring Garden (Florin), Pa., elected him Missionary
Treasurer, in which office he served until 1898. ,
The Conference of 1881, convening in Harrisburg, Pa., in February, elected him
Presiding Elder. In this capacity he served seven months, his district being known
as Reading District.
He also served as Trustee of Lebanon Valley College for a number of years.
In 1902, East Pennsylyania Conference sent him to Paradise, which he served
for five years, being compelled to take superannuated relation because of declining
health. He then located in Hummelstown, Pa., where he lived until his demise.
His first wife died April 5, 1892, and on January 25, 1895, he married Elizabeth J.
Shank, who survives to mourn his death.
He suffered much during the last weeks of his illness, but had victory at all
times. He has entered into his inheritance with the saints above.
William A. Baier.
Having been appointed on the Committee on Memoirs during the session of Con¬
ference, I have been unable to procure the necessary data to write a full account of
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Brother Baier’s life and labors, or the circumstances attending his death, I will submit
the following brief report :
Rev. William A. Baier was received into the East German Conference in the year
1884. He served several pastoral charges, but on account of enfeebled health, he
was obliged to relinquish the active work of the ministry, and because of frequent
changes in place of residence, he, in a measure, became a stranger to the Conference.
He was a forceful speaker, and if his health had been more rugged, he might have
succeeded in the sacred calling. He was a man of strong convictions, and in his
Christian life he was exemplary. He died at Philadelphia, some time during the past
summer, and has entered into his rest.
D. S. Longenecker.
Report op the Life of George Stole.
Rev. George Stoll was born in Germany, the time and place being unknown to us.
He came to America when a youth, and made his home with some of his friends at
Florin, Lancaster Co., Pa., from whence he started out in his ministerial career. He
was admitted to the East German Conference about 1869, after which he served
Tamaqua Mission as pastor, and, jointly, with Rev. J. Binkley, Union Circuit, after
which he was left unemployed for some time. Afterwards he was assigned to a mis¬
sion in Baltimore, Md., then called the Frederic Road Mission, which, I think, he
only served one year. From that time on he was left unemployed, and since that time
he did not attend the Conference sessions, nor write to it. Therefore, he was out of
touch with his Conference to such an extent that we do not know anything of the
circumstances of his later life, work or of his death.
J. Shoop.
The fourth day, morning session of Conference adjourned with the benediction
by Thomas Garland.
FOURTH DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION.
Conference convened at 1:30 p. m. Devotional services were conducted by
Joseph Daugherty.
The Conference Home Mission and Church Extension Society reported as follows :
Report of the Conference Missionary and Church Extension Board.
That the work of another conference year is ended, is evidenced by the assem¬
blage of this body, carefully reviewing the past and earnestly planning for the future ;
and that it has passed too soon is no doubt felt most keenly by those who had the
active work of the Conference in charge.
The record is made and the books filed, and if the work is ever to be faced, which
we doubt not it must, it is hoped that some of the ideals, at least have been reached;
and that the “Well done, good and faithful servant/’ may be found on the title page of
the record.
The resolution offered at the last session of Conference by the officiary of the
Sixth Street Mission at Allentown, received attention, shortly after adjournment of
Conference.
The meeting with the brethren ended very satisfactorily, they agreeing to change
the title of their church property so as to conform with the usages of the Church,
which was done subsequently. This contention settled, new hope seemed to pervade
the membership, and as a result the Conference Superintendent supplied them with a
pastor, who has done excellent work. The mission is on a fairer basis of success now,
than it ever was. The Board kept itself in communication with the missions during
the year, and held meetings at a number of them. Encouragement and assistance were
rendered as the needs suggested.
The splendid new Jonestown church is evidence of practical work.
The Manheim brethren also received material aid in the erection of their beautiful
house of worship.
The missions were all well served by their faithful pastors; and reports received,
indicated a successful year.
The West Philadelphia project received a good deal of thought during the year,
and the more the situation was studied the more evident it became, that this great
city of the east should be made a center of power for the Church.
The plan formulated, if carried into effect and supported as it should, it is be¬
lieved will result in our permanent establishment in that thriving residential section
of the city.
To enter the city with prospects of winning, however, requires sufficient means to
give it prestige : and to secure such means it is thought best to place a good man in
the field, to solicit support, who at the same time would assume the pastorate and
organize the work.
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There are other towns in our territory, notably of which is Pottsville, offering op¬
portunity to enter, but in none is there such an abundance of evidence as there is in
West Philadelphia.
Respectfully submitted,
T. G. Spangler,
Secretary Conference Missionary and Church Extension Board.
This same Society recommended the following appropriations to Conference Mis¬
sions, which were on motion approved :
Allentown Circuit, . $275 00
Allentown, Sixth Street, . 600 00
Sunbury, . 400 00
Williarnstown, . 75 00
Tower City, . 100 00
Denver, . 75 00
Mt. Pisgah, Philadelphia, . 350 00
Royalton, . 100 00
Coatesville, . 475 00
Lebanon, Bethany, . 200 00
Millersburg, . 250 00
Florin, . 125 00
Lancaster, Otterbein, . 225 00
Lancaster, Laurel Street, . 100 00
Lebanon, Hebron, . 525 00
Shaefferstown, . 125 00
Hershey, . 200 00
Palmyra, Second Church, . 200 00
The Conference Missionary and Church Extension Board recommends the fol¬
lowing :
That the minimum salary be $700.00 and home, on the following conditions :
1. All assessments must be full.
2. The pastor must live on the charge.
3. He must devote all his time to the charge.
4. The licentiate must pass the prescribed Conference Course of Study.
5. The charge must raise at least 10 per cent, of the increase of the salary.
6. That the salary promised on the charge must be paid in full.
That all assessments from the different charges be paid to the Conference Treas¬
urer on the second Tuesday before Conference, of each year, so as to enable him to
close his accounts before the sitting of Conference.
That hereafter the Acting Board shall fix the Missionary Appropriations; and do
all work needing attention and action by the Conference.
That we recommend that the two former congregations of Reading Otterbein and
Memorial meet for worship on the first Sunday after Conference, October 15, in the
Otterbein Church, and on the following Sunday, October 22, in the Memorial Church.
Further, that the preliminary arrangements of the organization of the two
churches be in charge and under the direction of the Conference Superintendent.
Further, that the sale of the Memorial Church property be under the direction of
the Conference Missionary and Church Extension Board, and that the proceeds, after
paying the indebtedness, be placed in a fund, and, together with the proceeds of the
Otterbein Church property, be applied to the purchase of a lot and the erection of a
church for the joint congregations.
Greetings from the Woman’s Missionary Associations were brought to the Con¬
ference by Mr's. G. D. Batdorf. The response was made by H. E. Miller.
The pastor of Lykens Valley charge was appointed to bear greetings to the next
Woman’s Missionary Branch Convention, which meets at Elizabethville during the
year.
The following resolution, relative to West Philadelphia, was presented and ap¬
proved :
The following action with reference to the West Philadelphia project was unani¬
mously adopted by the Finance Committee :
In view of the fact that at present there seems to be no pastor available to lead
definitely in the organization and direction of our work there, it seemed wise in the
judgment of the committee to continue the work under the direction of the Church
Extension Board, and thus give the sympathy and encouragement to our people there,
which will assure them of definite organization just as soon as a man and means may
be available.
It was ordered that the final adjournment of Conference take place Monday, Oc¬
tober 9th, at 9 a. m.
A SPECIAL BUSINESS SESSION OF CONFERENCE.
On Saturday, after the evening service, Bishop Mathews being unable to be pres¬
ent, authorized a special business session of the Conference. This session was called
to order by S. C. Enck. D. D. Lowery was elected chairman.
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The action uniting the Otterbein and Memorial churches, of Reading, and all
action pertaining thereto was rescinded. All matters requiring adjustment because of
this action, were referred to the Conference Church Extension Society for adjustment.
The Minutes of this special session of Conference were read and approved.
The Bishop appointed the following Standing Committees for the coming year:
Standing Committees.
Home Missions — Conference Committee on Home Missions.
Foreign Missions — Conference Committee on Foreign Missions.-
Christian Stewardship — Conference Committee on Christian Stewardship.
Church Erection — I. H. Albright.
Education — S. E. Rupp.
Publishing Interests — H. M. Miller.
Sabbath-Schools — S. C. Enck.
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor — O. T. Ehrhart.
The Home — Thomas Garland.
Temperance — S. B. Wengert.
Bible Cause — E. R. Kramer.
Resolutions — J. A. Keiper.
Auditing Committee— M. S. Hendricks, A. S. Beckley.
Publicity Committee — Clint. S. Miller.
Applicants and Credentials — I. E. Runk, H. E. Mfller, A. S. Lehman.
First Year’s Course of Study— C. A. Mutch, M. H. Jones, J. A. Keiper.
Second Year’s Course of Study — E. O. Burtner, H. F. Rhoad, Joseph Daugherty.
Third Year’s Course of Study — I. H. Albright, A. G. Nye, A. K. Wier.
Fourth Year’s Course of Study — S. C. Enck, J. M. Walters, S. S. Daugherty.
Report of the Stationing Committee.
The report of the Stationing Committee was read in connection with the Sabbath
afternoon service, by Dr. Lowery, the Conference Superintendent. It is as follows :
Conference District — D.
Allentown, Linden St. — C. A. Snavely.
Sixth St. — E. E. Bender.
Circuit — R. S. Arndt.
Annville — H. B. Spayd.
Avon — D. S. Longenecker.
Belle Grove — P. L. Haines.
Berne — W. E. Shoop.
Birdsboro — Titus J. Leibold.
Catawissa — J. L. Ohmacht.
Centerville — S. G. Kauffman.
Chamber Hill and Ebenezer — C. A. Lynch.
Coatesville — Z. A. Weidler.
Columbia — S. C. Enck.
Cressona — Thomas Garland.
Denver — W. W. Fridinger.
Elizabethtown — S. S. Daugherty.
Ephrata — J. M. Walters.
Florin — C. Mease.
Grantville — A. S. Beckley.
Halifax — J. C. Pease.
Harrisburg, First — I. E. Runk.
Otterbein — S. E. Rupp.
Derry St. — J. A. Lyter.
State St. — I. N. Seldomridge.
Sixth St. — P. H. Balsbaugh.
Hershey — E. A. Sharp.
Highspire — H. F. Rhoad.
Hillsdale — Wm. Beach.
Hopeland — B. M. Brenneman.
Hummelstown — A. S. Lehman.
D. Lowery, Superintendent.
Intercourse — W. H. Peiffer.
Iona — C. W. Miller.
Jacksonville — G. W. Hess.
Jonestown — G. A. Richie & D. E. Young.
Lancaster, Covenant — G. D. Batdorf.
N. Queen St. — S. L. Rhoads.
Laurel St. — J. R. Bowermaster.
Lebanon, Salem — H. E. Miller.
Trinity — B. F. Daugherty.
Memorial — A. G. Nye.
Bethany — D. D. Buddinger.
West — P. B. Gibble.
Pleasant Hill — M. H. Wert.
Hebron — O. T. Ehrhart.
Circuit — J. M. Leister.
Linglestown and Rockville — C. G. vVhite.
Lititz — J. E. Keene.
Lykens — H. S. Kiefer.
Circuit — S. G. Haas.
Manheim — H. J. Behney.
Manor — Martin Groff.
Middletown — U. S. G. Renn.
Millersburg — A. L. Haeseler.
Mont Clare — To be supplied.
Mt. Carmel — C. S. Miller.
Mt. Joy — J. T. Spangler.
Mountville — R. R. Butterwick.
Myerstown — Jos. Daugherty.
New Holland — I. H. Albright.
Oberlin — C. E. Boughter.
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Palmyra, First — E. O. Burtner.
Second — A. Lehman.
Penbrook — H. M. Miller.
Pequea — E. S. Comrey.
Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah — J. A. Keiper.
Pine Grove — L. R. Kramer.
Pottstown — H. F. McNelly.
Reading, Zion — A. K. Wier.
Salem — S. B. Wengert.
Otterbein — J. B. Rittgers.
Memorial— To be supplied.
Refton — C. H. Holzinger.
Royalton — J. F. Smith.
Schuylkill Haven — D. D. Brandt.
Schaefferstown — H. H. Fertig.
Shamokin — M. H. Jones.
Circuit — J. F. Brown.
Sinking Spring — U. Gambler.
Steelton — E. A. G. Bossier.
St. John — J. W. Kaufman.
Sunbury — C. A. Mutch.
Tower City — H. M. Trautman.
Union — O. G. Romig.
Valley View — M. H. Miller.
Williamstown — R. E. Morgan.
S. D. Faust, D.D., Professor in Bonebrake Theological Seminary ; H. S. Gabel, D.D.,
Secretary Church Erection Society ; C. I. B. Brane, D.D., Associate Editor Religious
Telescope; A. E. Shroyer, A.M., Professor Greek and Ethics in Lebanon Valley Col¬
lege ; D. E. Long, Field Secretary for Quincy Orphanage ; I. M. Llershey, Field Secre¬
tary for Bonebrake Theological Seminary; H. U. Roop, Ph.D., President Eastern
College; J. F. Musselman, Missionary in Africa; W. J. Zuck, D.D., Superintendent
Erie District Anti-Saloon League.
The Minutes of the fourth day’s sessions were read and approved.
The fourth day, afternoon session of Conference adjourned with the benediction
by Bishop Mathews.
SABBATH AND EVENING SERVICES.
The evening services of the Conference were devoted to the general interests of
the Church and were as follows :
Wednesday evening, 7 : 30 o’clock, Theme — “Christian Education.” Addresses by
Lawrence Keister, President of Lebanon Valley College, and J. M. Phillippi, repre¬
senting Bonebrake Theological Seminary.
Thursday evening, 7 : 30 o’clock, Theme— “Christian Missions.” Address by J. M.
Phillippi, Editor Religious Telescope.
Friday evening, 7 : 30 o’clock, Theme — “The Sabath-School.” Address by Prof.
M. A. Honline, Educational Secretary of the Sabbath-School General Board.
Saturday evening, 7 : 30 o’clock, Theme— “The Philippines.” Illustrated address
by E. J. Pace, Missionary to the Philippines.
Sabbath morning, 10 : 00 o’clock, in the Academy of Music, Sermon by Bishop
Mathews: Text, St. Matthew 16: 15. A marvelous eulogy of The Christ, full of rich,
practical applications.
Sabbath afternoon, 1 : 30 o’clock, Sabbath-school. William J. Levan, Superintend¬
ent. Address by Prof. M. A. Honline.
Sabbath afternoon, 2.30 o’clock, Ordination Service, at which time after a fitting
address by Bishop Mathews, H. M. Trautman, A. L. Haeseler and J. R. Bowertnaster
were ordained to the office of Elder in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
Sabbath evening. 7 : 30 o’clock, Theme — “The Church Evangelistic — The Force,
The Field.” Addresses by C. A. Suavely and H. B. Spayd.
Conference Proceedings
ITINERANTS.
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Name. .2
1876
Albright, I. H., Ph.D., .
....E.
1881
Arndt, R. S., .
- E.
1903
Balsbaugh, P. H., .
. ...E.
1897
Batdorf, G. D., Ph.D., .
. ...E.
1889
Beach, Wm., .
. ...E.
1905
Beckley, A. S., .
- E.
1901
Behney, H. T .
. . . . E.
1891
Bierman, G. F., Ph.D., . .
S’y E.
1 862
Binkley, Tohn, .
S’d E.
1882
Blecker, T. R., .
S’y E.
1888
Bossier, E. A. G., .
. . ..E.
1891
Boughter, C. E-, .
.. . .E.
1870
Boughter, T. W., .
S’d E.
1904
Bowermaster, T. R., ....
. . . .E.
1899
Boyer, W. H., .
S’y E.
1872
Brane, C. I. B., D.D., . .
....E.
1901
Brenneman, B. M., .
....E.
1895
Buddinger, D.D., .
....E.
1895
Burtner, E. O .
....E.
1891
Butterwick, R. R., D.D.,
....E.
1880
Butterwick, F. T., .
S’y E.
1909
Comrey, E. S., .
• . - 3d
yr. L.
1887
Daugherty, S. ' S., .
. . . .E.
1889
Daugherty, Jos .
....E.
1889
Daugherty, B. F., D.D.,
• •••••
....E.
1888
Enck, S. C., D.D., .
• •••••
. . ..E.
1882
Enders, G. W .
S’y E.
1885
Faust, S. D., D.D., .
• •••••
....E.
1893
Fridinger, W.W., .
. . . . E.
1891
Funk, J. B., .
S’y E.
1883
Gabel, H. S., D.D .
....E.
1879
Gambler, U., .
. . ..E.
1871
Garland, Thomas, .
. . ..E.
1884
Goodman, B. F., .
S’y E.
1875
Groff, I. M., .
S’y E.
1 908
Groh, I. W., .
S’y E.
1910
Haas, S. G., .
. ...E.
1878
Haines, P. I,., .
....E.
1904
Haeseler, A. I. .
....E.
1898
Hershey, I. M., .
....E.
1903
Holdeman, P. M., .
yr. L.
1891
Tones, M. H., .
_ E.
1891
Kauffman, S. G., .
- E.
1901
Kaufman, T. W., .
....E.
1903
Keene, Tames- E., .
....E.
1888
Keiper, J. A., .
....E.
1903
Kiefer, H. S., .
. . ..E.
1886
Koons, I. B., .
S’y E.
1880
Kramer, L. R. .
....E.
1880
Lamey, Wm., .
S’y E.
1879
Lehman, A., .
. . ..E.
1901
Lehman, A. S., .
. ...E.
1906
Linebaugh, N. L-, .
yr. L.
1866
List, Frederick, .
S’d E.
1897
Long, D. E-, .
. ...E.
1878
Longenecker, D. S., . . . .
.. . .E.
1879
Lowery, D. D., D.D., . . .
.
_ E.
1888
Lyter, J. A., D.D., .
.
. E-
1890
McNelly, H. F., .
. E.
1905
Mease, Oliver, .
1908
Mease, Clarence, .
yr. L.
1889
Miller, H. M., .
. E.
1884
Miller, C. S., .
. E.
1892
Miller, M. H., .
. E-
1894
Miller, H. E-, .
• • • • •
. E.
1906
Miller, C. Wallace, .
. E.
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New Holland, .
607 N. Sixteenth St., Allentown, . . .
631 Emerald St., Harrisburg, .
332 W. Orange St., Lancaster, .
Royalton, .
Annville, .
Manheim, .
Birdsboro, .
Jonestown, .
Myerstown .
31 1 Walnut St., Steelton, .
Oberlin, .
Royalton, .
Lancaster, .
Williamstown, .
U. B. Publishing House, Dayton, . .
Hopeland, .
38 Mifflin St., Lebanon, .
Palmyra, .
Mountville, .
372 N. 12th St., Lebanon, .
Pequea, .
Elizabethtown, .
Myerstown, . »
837 Willow St., Lebanon, .
123 N. Fourth St., Columbia, .
Enders, .
1614 W. First St., Dayton, .
Denver, .
Lancaster, .
Dayton, .
826 Church St., Lebanon, .
Cressona, . ■ • . • • .
Catawissa (R. F. D. No. 3), .
56 South Duke St., Lancaster, .
Norristown, .
EHzabethville, .
Palmyra, .
Millersburg, .
Hershey, .
Dayton, . . .
100 E. Sunbury St., Shamokin, .
825 N. Shippen St., Lancaster, .
Gordonville, .
Lititz, . .
315 E. Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia,
Lykens, .
Bath, . .
Pine Grove, . . . .
Chapman’s Quarries, .
Palmyra, .
Hummelstown, .
Vandalia, . .
EHicott City, .
Annville . .
Avon, . . . .
1535 Derry St., Harrisburg, .
1508 Derry St., Harrisburg, .
516 Walnut St., Pottstown, .
Bonebrake Seminary, Dayton, .
Florin, .
Penbrook, . .
14 S. Vine St., Mt. Carmel, .
Valley View, .
349 N. Ninth St., Lebanon, .
Lebanon (R. F. D. No. 1), .
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ITINERANTS— Continued.
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1907
Morgan, R. E-, .
yr.
L.
1870
Mumma, M. J., .
• •••••••
S’d
E.
1887
Mutch, C. A., .
.E.
1894
Nye, A. G., .
• E.
1908
Ohmacht, J. L-, .
. 2d
yr.
L.
1904
Pease, J. C., .
E.
1906
Peiffer, W. H .
yr.
L.
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Renn, U. S. G., .
E.
1899
Rhoad, H. F., .
E.
1895
Rhoads, S. L., .
E.
1908
Rittgers, T. B., .
E.
1906
Richter, G. M., .
yr.
L.
1894
Romig, 0. G., .
E.
1857
Runk, J .
S’d
E.
1896
Runk, I. E-, .
E.
1900
Rupp, S. E-, .
E.
1867
Shoop, J .
S’d
E.
1906
Shoop, C. W., .
S’d L.
1907
Shoop, W. C., .
yr.
L.
1 9 1 1
Shoop, W. E-, .
vr.
L.
1899
Shroyer, A. E., .
E.
1888
Smith, J. F., .
E.
1903
Snavely, C. A., .
E.
1891
Spangler, J. T., D.D., .
E.
1881
Spayd, H. B., .
E.
1874
Steiner, T. G., .
S’y
E.
1900
Seldomridge, I. N., . . .
E.
1899
Trautman, H. M., ....
E.
1903
Ulrich, A. N., .
yr.
L.
1891
Walters, T. M., .
E.
1881
Weidler, Z. A., .
E.
1899
Weir, A. K., .
E.
1893
Wengert, S. B., .
E.
1906
Wert, Mark H., .
E.
1904
Zuck, W. J., D.D., . . .
.
• • •
E.
Williamstown, . Pa.
Hershey, . Pa.
356 Vine St., Sunbury, . Pa.
1028 Lehman, Lebanon, . Pa.
Catawissa (R. F. D. No. 3), . Pa.
Halifax, . . • • . • • . Pa.
Intercourse, . . Pa.
Middletown, . Pa.
Highspire, . Pa.
233 E. Clay St., Lancaster, . Pa.
519 N. Ninth St., Reading, . . Pa.
Bonebrake Seminary, Dayton, . Ohio
Hershey, . . ••.••... Pa.
Berrysburg, . Pa.
258 Herr St., Harrisburg, . Pa.
343 Reily St., Harrisburg, . Pa.
Carsonville, . Pa.
Bonebrake Seminary, Dayton, . Ohio
Bonebrake Seminary, Dayton, . Ohio
Landingville, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
Royalton, . . . . Pa.
837 Linden St., Allentown, . Pa.
Mt. Joy, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
Knoxdale, . . Pa.
125 N. Eighteenth St., Harrisburg . Pa.
Tower City, . Pa.
Middletown, . Pa.
64 Church St., Ephrata, . Pa.
75 S. Sixth Ave., Coatesville, . Pa.
206 N. Eleventh St., Reading, . Pa.
955 N. Tenth St., Reading, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
Columbus, . Ohio
Local.
1910
1885
1 9 1 1
1 9 1 1
1908
191 1
1909
1 9 1 1
1910
1910
1910
1885
1889
1 9 1 1
1910
1910
1909
1 9 1 1
191 1
1890
1891
1910
Bender, E. Ethan, . 2d yr. L.
Blecker, A. M., E-
Bomberger, T. W., . istyr. L.
Brown, J. F., . 1st yr. L.
Ehrhart, O. T., . 1st yr. L.
Gibble, Phares G., . '. 1st yr. L.
Click, J. B., . 1 st yr. L.
Groff, Martin, . 1st yr. L.
Hess, Geo. W. , . 2d yr. L-
Holtzman, Mark G., . 1st yr. L.
Holzinger, Charles H., . 2d yr. L.
Kurtz, J. H., . E.
Lehman, W. H., . E.
Leibold, Titus J., . 1st yr. L.
Lowery, I. Dewitt, . 2d yr. L.
Lynch, Clyde A., . 1st yr. L.
Musselman, J. F. . E.
Richie, G. A., . 1st yr. L-
Roop, H. U., Ph.D., . E.
Snyder, W. H . E.
Weidman, B. B., . E.
White, Charles G., . L.
817 N. Sixth St., Allentown, . Pa.
Myerstown, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
R. F. D. No. 2, Shamokin, . Pa.
“The Heights,” Lebanon, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
Bonebrake Seminary, Dayton, . Ohio
Safe Harbor, . Pa.
Enders, . Pa.
Lebanon, . Pa.
Willow Street, . .-...Pa.
Bellwood, . Pa.
Killinger, . Pa.
1020 N. Tenth St., Reading, . Pa.
1535 Derry St., Harrisburg, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
Freetown, . West Africa
Annville, . Pa.
Manasses, . Va.
Lykens . • • . . . . Pa.
Sinking Spring, . Pa.
Annville, . Pa.
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CONFERENCE LAY DELECATES.
1. Allentown, Linden Street, W. E- Rickert 43.
2. Allentown, Sixth Street, .... J. D. Lehr 44.
3. Allentown Circuit, - J. W. Kleppinger * 45.
4. Annville . S. B. Graybill 46.
5. Avon, . S. J. B. Spangler 47.
6. Belle Grove, . Michael S. Herr 48.
7. Berne, . L- M. Miller 49.
8. Birdsboro, . S. C. Millard 50.
9. Catawissa, . C. F. Gable 51.
10. Centerville, . John B. Kauffman 52.
11. Chamber Hill & Ebenezer, .. J. H. Rupp 53.
12. Coatesville, . P. H. Heckler 54.
13. Columbia . J. H. McEntire 55.
14. Cressona, . D. G. Wagner 56.
15. Denver, . O. I. Kline 57.
16. Elizabethtown, . Samuel C. Halk 58.
17 .Ephrata, . J. V. Snader 59.
18. Florin, . H. Young 60.
19. Grantville, . George A. Behney 61.
20. Halifax, . Bertha Bitterman 62.
21. Harrisburg, First, ......... C. M. Hershey 63.
22. Harrisburg, Otterbein, . J. B. Fortenbaugh 64.
23. Harrisburg, Derry Street, . . J. E. Gipple 65.
24. Harrisburg, State Street, . J. E. Rowe 66.
25. Harrisburg, Sixth Street, . A. Funk 67.
26. Hershey, . G. M. Dupler 68.
27. Highspire, . H. J. Roop 69.
28. Hillsdale, . S. R. Geyer 70.
29. Hopeland . W. R. Ruth 71.
30. Hummelstown, . C. M. Meckley 72.
31. Intercourse, . E. K. Denlinger 73.
32. Iona, . J. A. Herr 74.
33. Jacksonville, . Henry A. Shoop 75.
34. Jonestown, . Dr. G. H. Bender 76.
35. Lancaster, Covenant, .... C. L. Graybill 77.
36. Lancaster, North Queen St., J. B. Withers 78.
37. Lancaster, Laurel St., . H. Hoover 79.
38. Lebanon, Salem, . H. S. Burgner 80.
39. Lebanon, Trinity, . A. S. Light 81.
40. Lebanon, Memorial,.... A. P. Hollinger 82.
41. Lebanon, Bethany, . J. J. Bennetch 83.
42. Lebanon, West, . D. H. Dillman 84.
Lebanon, Pleasant Hill, .... W. H. Boyer
Lebanon, Hebron, . C. P. Bucks
Lebanon Circuit, . D. W. Brandt
Linglestown & Rockville, .... H. C. Fox
Lititz, . N. D. Sturgis
Lykens, . J. F. Deibler
Lykens Circuit, . H. G. Foster
Manheim, . C. L. Wjtmeyer
Manor, . A. H. Aston
Middletown, . Chas. Orth
Millersburg, . S. E. Lehman
Mont Clare, . J. F. Readman
Mt. Carmel, . J. H. Schoffstall
Mt. Joy, . S. N. Eby
Mountville, . J. G. Stehman
Myerstown, . I. B. Haak
New Holland, . C. R. Gehr
Oberlin, . J. W. Garverich
Palmyra, . S. F. Engle
Penbrook . T. L. Booser
Pequea, . C. G. Rhoads
Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah, ... S. C. Snoke
Pine Grove, . A. H. Boughter
Pottstown, . Lewis Murray
Reading, Zion, . Thomas Roland
Reading, Otterbein, .... Elmer C. Smith
Reading, Salem, _ . Edward Coldren
Reading, Memorial, . . . James B. Baker
Refton, . M. B. Groff
Royalton, . A. S. Bender
Schuylkill Haven, . R. M. Keller
Schaefferstown, . J. J. L. Sanders
Shamokin, First, . M. S. Hendricks
Shamokin Circuit, . Faion Brady
Sinking Spring, . O. L- Weidman
Steelton, . B. F. Newman
St. Johns, . J. B. Weaver
Sunbury . C. D. Rabuck
Tower City, . James Nunnemacher
Union, . A. L. Landis
Valley View, . C. G. Updegrave
Williamstown, . W. H. Ritzman
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NAME OF PREACHER.
CONFERENCE DISTRICT—
1 Allentown, Linden St., .
2 Sixth St., .
3 Circuit, .
4 Annville, .
5 Avon, . .
6 Bellegrove, . *
7 Berne, . .
8 Birdsboro, .
9 Catawissa, .
10 Cpntreville, .
11 Chamber Hill & Ebenezer,
12 Coatesville, .
13 Columbia, .
14 Cressona, . .<
15 Denver, .
16 Elizabethtown, . '
17 Ephrata, .
18 Florin, . «
19 Grantville, . ,
20 Halifax, . 1
21 Harrisburg, First, .
22 Otterbein, .
23 Derry St., .
24 State St., . ’
25 Sixth St., .
26 Hershey, . '
27 Highspire, .
28 Hillsdale, .
29 Hopeland, . >
30 Hummelstown, .
31 Intercourse .
32 Iona, .
33 Jacksonville, .
34 Jonestown, .
35 Lancaster, Covenant, ...
36 N. Queen St., .
37 Laurel St., .
38 Lebanon, Salem, .
39 Trinity, .
40 Memorial, .
41 Bethany, .
42 West, .
43 Pleasant Hill, .
44 Hebron, .
45 Circuit, .
46 Linglestown & Rockville,
47 Lititz, .
48 Lykens, .
49 Circuit, .
50 Manheim, .
51 Manor, .
52 Middletown .
53 Millersburg, . .
54 Mont Clare, . .
55 Mt. Carmel, . .
56 Mt. Joy, .
57 Mountville, .
58 Myerstown, .
59 New Holland, .
60 Oberlin, . .
61 Palmyra, .
62 Penbrook, .
63 Pequea, .
64 Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah,
65 Pinegrove, .
66 Pottstown, .
D. D. Lowery, D.D., Supt.
C. A. Snavely, .
E. Ethan Bender, .
R. S. Arndt, .
H. B. Spayd, .
D. S. Longenecker, .
P. M. Holdeman, .
W. E. Shoop, .
A. L. Haeseler, .
J. L. Ohmacht, .
Clyde A. Lynch, .
W. C. Shoop, . . .
J. F. Smith, .
S. C. Enck .
Thomas Garland, .
W. W. Fridinger, .
S. S. Daugherty, .
J. M. Walters, .
Clarence Mease, .
A. S. Beckley, .
J. C. Pease, .
I. E. Runk, .
M. L. Weekley, .
J. A. Lyter, .
I. N. Seldomridge, .
P. H. Balsbaugh, .
O. G. Rornig, .
H. F. Rhoad, .
Ira D. Lowery, .
B. M. Brenneman, .
A. S. Lehman, .
M. H. Wert, .
C. Wallace Miller, .
G. W. Hess, .
R. E. Morgan, .
I. M. Hershey, .
A. G. Nye, .
J. R. Bowermaster, .
H. E. Miller, .
S. E. Rupp, .
A. Lehman, .
D. D. Buddinger, .
P. B. Gibble, .
U. Gamber, .
O. T. Ehrhart, .
F. J. Butterwick, .
C. G. White, .
J. E. Keene, .
H. S. Kiefer, .
S. G. Haas, .
H. J. Behney, .
Martin Groff, .
U. S. G. Renn, .
C. A. Mutch, .
Harry Kottler, .
C. S. Miller, .
J. T. Spangler, .
R. R. Butterwick, .
Jos. Daugherty, .
I. H. Albright, .
C. E. Boughter, .
E. o: Burtner, .
H. M. Miller, .
E. S. Comrey, .
J. A. Keiper, .
L. R. Kramer, .
H. F. McNelly, .
MEMBERS.
Number of churct
organized.
At beginning of
year.
Received by pro¬
fession of faith.
Received by let¬
ter.
Total in church
during year.
Died.
All other losses.
Total loss.
1
205
23
4
232
5
12
17
1
50
9
4
63
1
4
5
7
115
1
2
118
1
2
3
1
349
12
4
365
5
16
21
1
211
19
1
231
3
4
7
4
225
6
2
233
3
18
21
3
173
16
6
195
4
17
21
2
116
3
....
119
1
7
8
5
347
6
10
363
....
40
40
4
215
13
1
229
....
27
27
3
120
35
4
159
....
10
10
1
74
12
2
88
1
18
19
1
597
85
1
683
5
35
40
2
127
5
3
135
1
11
12
1
236
....
3
239
....
14
14
1
276
13
7
296
3
16
19
1
241
20
8
269
3
25
28
2
140
15
2
157
4
12
16
4
198
12
8
218
3
5
8
2
235
2
....
237
2
10
12
1
426
20
10
456
2
24
26
1
455
28
9
492
8
4
12
1
625
20
18
663
6
28
34
1
286
13
4
303
1
22
23
1
324
65
18
407
2
24
26
2
212
20
13
245
1
25
26
1
235
20
5
260
3
9
12
4
178
7
7
192
1
7
8
2
180
2
....
182
4
4
8
1
312
11
15
338
2
18
20
2
147
13
3
163
....
3
3
2
144
13
2
159
2
3
5
7
251
32
6
289
2
25
27
4
237
7
2
246
5
19
24
1
638
35
20
693
1
71
72
1
191
10
7
208
2
15
17
1
53
10
63
2
....
2
1
665
54
11
730
4
47
51
1
325
8
£
337
4
8
12
1
323
15
2
340
2
5
7
1
115
19
1
135
2
6
8
1
162
- 14
3
179
....
9
9
3
163
25
5
193
1
1
2
1
115
23
2
140
3
1
4
3
145
14
....
159
1
6
7
2
104
39
6
149
3
17
20
4
229
17
9
255
3
13
16
1
173
26
9
208
27
27
5
339
33
4
376
2
1
3
2
414
29
3
446
2
2
4
3
253
3
2
258
3
3
6
1
368
27
....
395
4
11
15
2
221
33
10
264
....
16
16
1
107
3
2
112
1
6
7
1
170
5
....
175
3
31
34
1
270
8
7
285
2
25
27
1
238
9
3
250
2
13
15
1
279
40
6
325
3
28
31
2
343
21
5
369
6
8
14
1
418
i • • • •
11
429
5
24
29
1
300
55
17
372
3
18
21
1
362
2
8
372
1
7
8
1
223
1
2
226
1
10
11
1
180
27
8
215
2
17
19
1
155
12
1
168
3
4
7
1
66
5
8
79
• * • •
2
2
MEMBERS.
SOCIETIES.
Present number.
! Increase.
| Decrease.
! Young People’s
Societies.
Members.
Junior Societies.
Members.
Brotherhoods.
Members.
215
10
1
60
1
30
58
8
1
42
1
65
115
1
32
344
5
1
50
1
100
224
13
1
94
1
60
212
13
174
i
2
80
1
50
111
5
2
74
1
27
323
24
3
130
1 . . . .
202
13
2
81
. . . .
149
29
1
40
69
. . . .
5
1
29
1
95
643
46
1
100
1
50
123
4
1
72
225
11
1
45
1
40
277
1
1
55
1
40
241
1
28
1
64
141
1
1
41
1
58
210
12
225
. . . .
10
2
40
1
30
430
4
1
65
1
80
480
25
1
73
1
105
629
4
1
95
1
99
280
6
1
67
1
92
1
15
381
57
1
90
1
96
219
7
2
80
248
13
1
54
1
47
184
6
4
140
174
6
1
40
1
50
318
6
1
65
1
63
160
13
2
50
1
30
154
10
2
84
262
11
222
15
4
210
1
35
621
17
1
127
1
42
191
1
93
1
33
61
61
1
46
1
25
679
14
1
107
1
130
1
71
325
1
108
1
30
333
10
1
107
1
58
127
12
1
50
1
75
170
8
1
73
1
46
191
28
2
120
136
21
1
110
1
78
152
7
2
85
129
25
1
42
239
10
3
110
1
60
181 1
8
1
38
1
96
373
34
2
65
1
21
442
28
1
71
1
42
252
1
1
4 T
380
12
1
110
1
100
248
27
1
71
1
35
105
1
29
1
36
1
27
141
29
1
38
1
40
258
12
1
50
1
30
235
3
1
59
1
50
294
15
1
120
1
30
355
12
1
41
400'
"ii
1
119
1
54
351
51
1
142
1
65
364
2
1
82
1
141
215
8
2
56
196
~ 16
1
4L
1
39
1
38
161
6
1
98
77
11
1
• • * *
1
24
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
Sunday-schools.
Teachers and of¬
ficers.
Scholars in main
school.
Scholars in home
department.
Number in cradle
roll.
Total enrollment.
Average attend¬
ance.
No. adult Bible
classes.
Scholars in adult
Bible classes.
Sunday-school li¬
braries.
—
Volumes in li¬
braries.
Added to church
from S. S.
1
23
204
35
28
290
3
120
1
200
23
1
1
16
159
175
116
1
2
7
62
502
27
26
617
313
3
1
43
490
40
35
608
295
4
200
1
312
13
4
1
40
355
35
430
216
8
164
20
5
4
37
477
18
532
230
6
3
56
369
9
12
446
256
19
7
2
27
167
12
....
206
111
1
50
2
175
8
4
44
341
60
72
517
270
3
54
2
175
6
9
4
81
370
28
32
511
4
69
in
3
35
163
40
26
264
145
1
8
15
11
1
22
147
....
67
236
90
2
47
1
164
6
12
1
54
542
38
60
694
346
2
150
13
2
25
172
19
216
89
1
39
1
14
1
18
154
18
190
88
15
1
15
272
71
46
404
169
2
124
1
101
9
16
1
27
360
68
54
509
260
1
90
1
250
8
17
1
25
146
25
27
223
98
3
63
8
18
4
66
365
431
215
6
19
2
30
402
13
3^
479
140
2
100
i
125
20
1
45
401
21
12
479
244
4
200
l
760
18
21
1
54
602
40
66
762
10
290
l
601
25
22
1
45
1206
23
65
1339
630
7
770
19
23
1
33
581
30
28
672
315
8
294
l
375
14 24
1
50
572
3
62
687
385
6
375
51 25
2
43
435
37
515
234
6
230
l
224
12 26
1
47
490
55
62
654
274
6
199
15 27
4
45
250
9
304
1
15
l
150
4 28
2
38
314
i
30
383
169
1
27
l
17
1 29
1
25
358
60
40
483
230
3
115
l
496
11
30
2
23
125
22
170
80
1
15
10
31
2
39
251
24
17
331
12»
32
7
73
446
519
276
32
33
4
62
582
82
726
400
2
52
l
700
7
34
1
50
656
45
99
850
328
4
274
l
335
23
35
1
25
290
30
39
384
210
2
97
g
36
1
12
76
88
10
37
1
65
864
145
78
1152
609
i
700
43
38
1
32
313
30
30
405
192
1
35
7 39
1
25
453
40
46
564
230
3
143
l
250
7
40
1
20
279
14
27
340
195
2
146
12
41
1
30
384
37
32
483
193
6
117
10
42
2V2
42
396
13
91
542
283
3
76
i v2
175
43
1
28
340
12
36
416
4
140
20
44
3
40
285
15
340
228
2
30
4
45
2
30
256
8
63
357
169
4
95
15
46
4
65
400
25
490
300
5
75
i
120
16
47
1
30
300
21
50
401
185
2
60
24
48
5
60
525
4
14
603
320
4
86
i
200
25
49
2
42
343
4
40
429
1S8
2
112
i
461
10
50
3
45
360
25
430
275
2
51
1
32
486
28
65
611
225
3
257
14
52
2
37
323
10
23
393
161
4
143
18
53
1
17
127
27
171
i
213
3
54
1
26
256
13
60
355
136
3
96
2
55
1
16
317
40
40
413
178
2
167
56
1
16
290
23
329
155
3
200
i
200
7
57
1
35
382
20
35
472
266
9
167
i
400
34
58
2
39
305
31
60
435
160
4
139
2
284
6
59
1
29
422
150
100
701
273
5
244
1
20
9
60
1
39
621
34
57
751
314
131
405
1
200
35
61
1
14
473
138
39
664
265
3
237
1
50
4
62
2
29
181
210
90
1
53
1
22
252
119
48
441
159
2
67
17
54
1
32
409
22
25
488
167
2
91
7
35
1
9
105
18
132
65
i
85
1
51
3
56
FIELD OF LABOR,
67 Reading, Zion, .
68 Otterbein, .
69 Salem, .
70 Memorial, .
71 Ref ton, .
72 Royalton, .
73 Schuylkill Haven,
74 Schaeffers town, .
75 Shamokin, First,
76 Circuit, .
77 Sinking Spring, .
78 Steelton, .
79 St. John, .
80 Sunbury , .
81 Tower City, ....
82 Union .
83 Valley View, _
84 Williamstown,
Totals, ....
NAME OF PREACHER.
Number of churches
organized.
MEMBERS.
At beginning of
year.
Received by pro¬
fession of faith.
Received by let-.
ter.
Total in church
during year.
'd
QJ
o
All other losses.
Total loss.
G. D. Batdorf, .
1
304
10
11
325
8
17
25
J. B. Rittgers, .
1
196
28
5
229
• • • •
3
3
S. B. Wengert, .
1
363
13
2
378
3
11
14
M. H. Jones, .
1
172
17
4
193
2
10
12
Chas. Holzinger, .
2
150
69
6
225
1
13
14
Z. A. Weidler, .
1
116
12
128
3
5
8
S. G. Kauffman, .
1
182
3
6
191
1
7
8
H. H. Fertig, .
1
40
2
3
45
A. K. Wier, .
1
444
47
7
498
2
34
36
J. F. Brown, .
3
243
55
8
306
4
19
23
J. P. Smith* .
1
99
99
1
1
2
Ei A. G. Bossier, .
1
637
61
6
704
6
45
51
J. W. Kaufman, .
1
359
3
6
368
4
45
49
S. L. Rhoads, .
1
204
111
13
328
• • • •
21
21
H. M. Trautman, .
3
200
2
1
203
1
51
52
Wm. Beach, .
3
238
10
• • • •
248
3
44
47
M. H. Miller, .
5
350
49
4
403
3
7
10
W. H. Boyer, .
1
138
5
....
143
. . . .
4
4
155
20751
1740
452
22943
197
1307
1504
*Died near close of the year.
MEMBERS.
SOCIETIES.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
Present number.
Increase.
_
Decrease.
Young People’s
Societies.
Members.
| Junior Societies.
Members.
Brotherhoods.
Members.
Sunday-schools.
Teachers and of¬
ficers.
Scholars in main
school.
Scholars in home
department.
Number in cradle
roll..
Total enrollment.
Average attend¬
ance.
No. adult Bible
classes.
Scholars in adult
Bible classes.
Sunday-school li¬
braries.
Volumes in li¬
braries.
Added to church
from S. S.
300
4
1
50
1
40
1
33
414
20
48
515
260
5
160
1
520
8
67
226
30
1
60
1
30
1
28
155
45
15
233
95
3
65
1
186
15
68
364
1
1
61
1
67
1
56
427
10
38
531
235
2
128
7
69
181
9
1
32
1
37
1
24
256
59
339
173
2
79
3
70
211
61
2
76
2
28
136
10
174
105
1
53
20
71
120
4
1
45
1
60
1
17
195
12
224
125
10
72
183
1
1
101
1
48
1
22
200
15
40
277
150
2
71
1
150
73
45
5
1
9
147
156
45
2
43
74
462
18
1
45
2
139
1
50
1
42
.575
20
115
752
279
7
275
1
175
35
75
283
40
3
203
1
95
3
53
300
9
68
430
252
1
40
1
100
31
76
97
2
1
30
1
25
1
16
1
16
50
10
76
55
1
35
77
653
16
2
98
1
100
1
70
1012
46
88
1216
493
6
512
59
78
319
40
1
54
1
5
1
20
117
41
178
93
, 2
55
1
96
79
307
103
1
50
1
108
1
23
438
11
55
504
166
15
80
151
49
1
35
2
29
179
208
123
2
81
201
37
3
213
3
52
117
11
180
125
2
78
2
760
7
82
393
43
4
214
1
109
5
87
710
65
852
2
63
31
83
139
1
....
1
50
1
48
1
240
1
19
188
28
52
287
4
50
4
84
21439
1020
332
110
6087
62
3673
7
457
152i/2
3029
29855
1953
3170
38007
16125
231
9326
43i/2
11506
993
FIELD OF LABOR.
LITERATURE.
Religious Tele¬
scope.
Watchword.
Friend for Boys
and Girls.
Otterbein Teacher.
Otterbein Adult
Quarterly.
Otterbein Senior
Quarterly.
y-v mi l • T J
uttemein inter¬
mediate Quar.
utteroein Home
Dep. Quarterly.
Weekly Bible Les¬
son Leaves.
Lessons for Our
Juniors.
Graded
Series.
Woman’s Evan-
gel.
Conference Her¬
alds.
m m
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0 °
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Primary
Stories.
T3
a
as
H ,
C fl
|o
1 Allentown Linden St., ...
15
25
18
ISO
40
35
75
50
40
42
2 Sixth St., .
10
12
50
40
70
5
3 Circuit, .
9
20
10
80
40
100
27
7
50
16
25
4 Annville .
40
12
55
20
175
160
125
45
15
50
50
....
60
37
5 Avon, .
15
28
25
215
75
75
6
24
6 Bellegrove .
29
22
230
134
18
70
6
44
7 Berne, .
32
11
70
24
203
64
4
50
2
60
8 B'rdsboro, .
2
20
5
35
62
12
20
12
"ii
16
23
9 Catawissa, .
11
20
18
50
100
140
65
ioo
30
40
10 Centreville, .
11
2
181
60
40l _
37
11 Chamber Hill & Ebenezer, .
18
35
20
‘ 25
20
6
12
50
60
....
11
45
13 Columbia, .
16
64
35
375
150
12
14 Cresscna, .
8
10
50
40
20
40l ....
3
29
15 Denver, .
15
45
10
25
70
20
69
69
16 Elizabethtown, .
10
10
8
so
60
40
90
60
53
45
17 Ephrata, .
15
60
135
18
90
100
50
70
35
40
38
14
18 Florin, .
3
90
40
25
12
48
19 Grantville, .
13
20
*26 S
55
90
37
20 Halifax, .
14
10
175
50
12
21 Harrisburg, First, .
41
50
12
60
375
100
25
20
65
22 Otterbein, .
86
28
40
425
50
....
140
23
23 Derry St., .
38
24
32
750
25
90
90
46
59
24 State St., .
8
45
22
200
125
30
20
75
18
31
25 Sixth St/, .
31
38
~75
30
375
110
130
130
....
31
65
26 Hershey, .
30
24
22
80
230
40
95
10
22
27 Highspire, .
27
21
25
75
225
80
55
40
50
28
28
28 Hillsdale, .
10
10
15
75
80
55
47
29 Hopeland, .
11
22
1
100
60
12
38
30 Hummelstown, . .'
32
140
' 25
14
130
140
60
30
30
30
....
45
57
31 Intercourse, .
18
20
12
50
55
20
3
32 Iona .
9
301
170
97
24
20
1
35
33 Jacksonville, .
6
21
216
85
76
5
49
34 Jonestown, .
15
19
13
270
300
80
5
35 Lancaster, Covenant, .
58
4
125
300
150
50
65
5
32
35
36 N. Queen St., .
11
25
15
150
115
40
35
16
30
37 Laurel St. , .
144
144
240
14
38 Lebanon, Salem, .
35
42
38
555
85
146
20
39 Trinity, .
20
10
6
175
40
50
40
26
40 Memorial .
10
34
30
225
75
30
200
23
27
41 Bethany, . /
9
14
11
155
35
14
85
2
42 West, .
25
40
4
220
50
37
50
45
35
30
43 Pleasant Hill, .
7
13
12
75
100
140
56
60
2
44 Hebron, .
5
26
187
80
15
33
45 Circuit, . .
6
30
10
20
170
62
....
2
....
46 Linglestown & Rockville, . .
8
15
19
165
51
10
60
7
....
47 Lititz, .
12
42
50
3
100
140
90
80
45
20
20
27
59
48 Lykens , . .
4
7
50
18
160
50
24
100
41
49 Circuit, .
16
27
16
' 45
245
45
6
62
19
50 Manheim, . {.
16
14
192
80
4
. . . .
65
15
15
20
5
21
51 Manor, .
6
22
12
230
140
80
25
52 Middletown, . <
20
22
17
300
50
30
75
14
53 Millersburg, .
20
15
15
180
65
10
30
70
15
25
54 Mont Clare, . ^
7
60
65
40
36
55 Mt. Carmel, . .
6
15
130
40
15
50
14
19
56 Mt. Joy . .
19
ioo
60
....
125
52
52
54
57 Mountville, . . .
28
8
140
30
50
18
58 Myerstown, .
14
51
14
i
275
20
20
60
37
59 New Holland, . ,
32
1
33
103
5
95
135
50
32
50
24
. .. .
43
60 Oberlin , .
22
29
20
143
125
84
160
20
40
40
61 Palmyra, .
34
12
365
35
34
35
21
60
62 Penbrook, .
24
6
25
....
300
125
85
100
28
39
63 Pequea, .
4
310
225
165
20
64 Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah, .
13
100
6
20
30
30
15
5
30
65 Pinegrove, .
11
34
13
172
50
25
50
20
12
13
14
66 Pottstown , . '
7
!
80
1
FINANCE.
Pastor’s salary-
paid by charge.
Missionary appro¬
priation.
Presents received.
Value of parson¬
age rent.
Total received by
pastor.
Collected for local
current expen¬
ses.
For church and
parsonage build¬
ings.
Collected for local
Sunday-school
purposes.
■
$840 00
$240 00
$1,080 00
$538 56
$1,158 45
$295 32
1
$660 00
$7 00
215 00
'875 00
'293 85
405 00
'205 43
2
540 00
275 00
25 00
540 00
375 00
205 00
3
1,100 00
200 00
1,300 00
703 30
12,787 77
259 42
4
'600 00
42 00
120 00
'720 00
324 51
691 56
178 50
5
500 00
50 00
36 00
536 00
250 00
280 00
6
660 00
146 00
72 00
732 00
271 15
288 81
7
650 00
100 00
41 65
81 00
731 00
485 49
710 27
252 22
8
725 00
226 88
50 00
775 00
486 76
330 11
9
521 00
24 00
521 00
200 00
378 59
10
341 00
341 00
146 36
89 94
11
425 00
475 00
425 00
334 80
456 10
175 47
12
1,100 00
300 00
1,400 00
1,191 38
1,560 00
325 96
13
680 00
35 00
144 00
824 00
114 63
620 00
92 70
14
680 00
100 00
52 00
168 00
848 00
218 74
15
720 00
31 32
150 00
870 00
138 01
876 89
319 00
16
840 00
50 00
120 00
960 00
544 84
753 33
286 36
17
475 00
125 00
31 81
75 00
550 00
96 81
132 94
18
525 00
50 00
525 00
348 50
420 00
19
600 00
25 00
100 00
700 00
250 00
200 00
151 83
20
1,200 00
75 00
300 00
1,500 00
1,006 38
600 00
514 45
21
1,200 00
240 00
1,440 00
572 38
32 00
493 67
22
1,500 00
300 00
1,800 00
1,520 66
6,751 06
386 66
23
720 00
240 00
960 00
788 42
1,724 00
313 86
24
800 00
250 00
216 00
1,016 00
1,045 96
2,700 00
532 47
25
600 00
50 00
120 00
720 00
375 00
650 00
435 00
26
804 00
47 00
130 00
934 00
408 00
134 75
600 10
27
435 00
5 00
435 00
120 00
150 00
135 00
28
597 04
64 50
50 00
647 04
249 09
3,542 88
180 57
29
1,000 00
100 00
175 00
1,175 00
670 25
6,000 00
269 70
30
600 00
60 00
660 00
160 00
168 00
75 00
31
615 50
96 48
96 00
711 50
108 11
454 55
157 78
32
553 52
20 00
30 00
583 52
148 75
202 00
33
600 00
15 00
600 00
4,662 00
4,402 00
366 24
34
1,000 00
200 00
1,200 00
704 11
627 77
294 61
35
450 00
250 00
192 00
642 00
590 47
1,322 20
116 52
36
100 00
100 00
50 00
100 00
232 50
500 00
41 06
37
1,200 00
225 00
1,425 00
715 00
1,240 00
545 92
38
1 000 00
30 00
100 00
1,100 00
853 00
512 61
39
650 00
12 00
168 00
818 00
643 65
633 50
40
437 76
225 00
108 00
545 76
320 70
455 82
273 71
41
400 00
50 00
400 00
162 04
63 16
311 16
42
480 00
84 00
564 00
846 13
275 00
309 65
43
300 00
285 00
25 40
300 00
1,013 79
907 87
273 51
44
320 00
15 00
320 00
263 00
163 00
45
525 00
5 00
525 00
357 37
118 26
46
770 00
29 50
100 00
870 00
320 25
1,205 00
385 25
47
750 00
35 00
120 00
870 00
198 61
652 82
239 45
48
800 00
45 00
48 00
848 00
300 00
311 00
594 86
49
720 00
45 00
204 00
924 00
405 32
5,975 68
518 90
50
500 00
25 00
525 00
257 18
268 56
SI
900 00
25 00
120 00
1,020 00
632 53
1,574 36
437 39
52
385 00
275 00
120 00
505 00
225 80
625 72
152 53
53
490 65
18 00
490 65
452 43
347 55
54
600 00
98 00
180 00
780 00
343 81
774 45
175 64
55
qaa aa
50 00
150 00
95090
672 89
321 10
bb
1,000 00
30 00
400 00
1,400 00
402 00
300 00
316 51
57
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57 00
150 00
150 00
1,150 00
592 90
180 82
58
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50 00
850 00
424 15
209 64
59
900 00
150 00
160 00
1,060 00
331 25
480 75
490 97
60
900 00
27 00
100 00
1,000 00
807 46
710 00
919 70
hi
900 00
45 00
180 00
1,080 00
364 63
113 85
393 54
62
520 00
25 00
60 00
580 00
150 25
402 00
71 33
63
854 00
350 00
83 00
937 00
682 44
535 45
230 28
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600 00
4 00
96 00
696 00
136 40
2,585 00
404 24
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217 28
431 12
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FIELD OF LABOR.
LITERATURE.
Religious Tele¬
scope.
Watchword.
Friend for Boys
and Girls.
Otterbein Teacher.
Otterbein Adult
Quarterly.
Otterbein Senior
Quarterly.
Otterbein Inter¬
mediate Quar.
Otterbein Home
Dep. Quarterly.
Weekly Bible Les¬
son Leaves.
Lessons for Our
Juniors.
Beginners’
Stories.
Primary §.3
Stories. g’ 9*
Junior Hand
Books.
Woman’s Evan¬
gel.
Conference Her¬
alds.
67 Reading, Zion, . .
20
44
18
150
50
20
60
22
40
68 Otterbein, .
15
38
55
16
160
45
14
60 Salem . ' . . .
12
25
25
125
10
100
21
48
70 Memorial . .
1
18
12
80
40
65
12
71 Reft, on . .
14
15
19
35
100
48
30
11
72 Royalton, .
3
10
125
50
5
78 Schnvlkill Haven .
7
31
125
16
100
85
18
12
20
74 Sell a efFerstown .
25
25
25
25
4
75 Shamokin, First, .
52
19
85
18
60
225
75
25
100
48
76 Oi renit . ' .
8
34
. .. .
18
25
210
140
9
115
16
32
77 Sinking Snrine- .
3
10
1
20
15
20
15
2
78 Steelton, .
32
135
31
340
80
55
140
70
85
105
74
• • • •
70 St. John . . . . .
. V
16
6
90
50
10
25
80 Snnhnrv . . .
31
15
140
80
20
50
81 Tower C!it,v .
4
8
105
40
10
17
82 Union, . •
4
38
8
128
75
40
19
83 Valley View, .
5
36
37
10
360
25
195
84 Williamstown . •
9
10
30
6
50
30
20
30
30
30
30
Totals, .
1374
1708
1328 1107
2034
10925
5041
1748
1733
3447
576
631
303
1115
1777
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30 00
800 00
30 00
216 00
720 00
20 00
168 00
780 00
325 00
60 00
525 00
18 15
500 00
100 00
25 00
720 00
25 00
300 00
139 45
125 00
30 65
1,200 00
50 00
700 00
30 00
225 00
1,085 00
110 00
240 00
820 00
20 00
120 00
400 20
400 00
20 00
216 00
447 45
92 35
96 00
430 00
15 00
60 00
702 00
133 25
60 00
550 00
75 00
21 25
108 00
$56,910 85
*$4,495 00
$3,072 19
$9,027 00
1,250 00
595 04
528 03
67
1,016 00
343 41
643 69
226 60
68
888 00
590 95
1,012 15
223 54
69
780 00
842 00
276 00
70
525 00
424 20
400 00
154 26
71
500 00
117 00
235 00
164 90
72
1,020 00
506 61
518 91
486 88
73
139 45
168 72
44 85
74
1,200 00
698 28
1,257 35
193 23
75
700 00
351 83
1,029 83
164 31
76
225 00
77
1,325 00
1,044 98
575 19
78
940 00
220 84
892 00
233 30
79
616 20
684 80
1,806 16
80 47
80
543 45
219 86
110 00
154 29
81
490 00
161 10
58 50
147 84
82
762 00
395 10
607 00
482 00
83
658 00
122 80
72 04
99 14
84
$66,597 85
$41,248 30
$75,249 99
$24,078 38
*Not counted in totals.
FINANCE.
FIELD OF LABOR.
Collected for home
missions.
Special for home
missions.
Total for home
missions.
Collected for for¬
eign missions.
Special for for¬
eign missions.
Total for foreign
missions.
Woman’s Mission¬
ary Association.
Conference collec¬
tions.
1 Allentown, Linden St., ...
$50 00
$77 18
$127 18
$83 00
$83 00
$147 00
$220 50
9. Sixth St. . .
12 50
12 50
25 00
25 00
25 00
3 Cirr.nit, .
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
115 50
175 00
4 Annville, .
100 00
300 00
400 00
141 14
$25 00
166 14
520 08
425 00
5 Avon, .
43 14
43 14
105 50
105 50
46 32
123 00
6 Belleewove .
31 80
31 80
12 26
12 26
33 00
244 00
7 Berne .
57 40
57 40
118 45
118 45
80 00
135 00
8 Bird shorn, .
8 97
8 97
8 97
8 97
120 00
9 Catawissa
225 00
10 Centreville, .
31 15
31 15
72 35
72 35
87 68
127 00
11 Oha.mher Hill fr, Ebenezer,
18 00
18 00
22 00
22 00
80 00
12 Cnatesville, .
10 00
.
10 CO
25 00
25 00
34 12
55 00
18 Colombia,, .
38 51
38 51
184 86
184 86
120 33
400 00
14 Cressona, .
25 81
25 81
33 36
33 36
34 00
102 00
15 Denver, .
21 00
21 00
25 00
25 00
125 00
16 Elizabethtown , .
13 25
5 00
18 25
70 00
22 26
92 26
145 37
165 00
17 Ephrata, . >.
10 00
10 00
167 00
167 00
117 93
205 00
18 Florin, . :
17 75
17 75
19 86
7 35
27 21
37 71
110 00
19 Crantyille
35 00
35 00
200 00
20 Halifax, . :
20 00
6 20
26 20
20 00
20 00
18 00
158 00
21 Harrisburg', First,
18 50
18 50
179 95
165 00
344 95
500 00
427 00
22 Otterbein, .
132 22
70 00
202 22
144 72
13 45
158 17
150 72
370 00
23 Derry St., .
125 00
130 00
255 00
500 00
24 40
524 40
218 21
430 00
24 State St., .
72 00
64 00
136 00
100 00
100 00
140 62
68 00
25 Sixth St..
40 00
40 00
57 20
57 20
84 00
90 00
26 Hershey, .
55 00
55 00
55 00
55 00
77 81
118 00
27 Highspire, .
98 66
98 66
102 12
102 12
211 20
212 00
28 Hillsdale, .
20 00
20 00
40 00
40 00
125 00
29 Hrmeland .
50 00
50 00
100 00
100 00
163 00
80 Hnmmelstnwn .
104 11
104 11
180 68
180 68
220 46
253 00
31 Intercourse, .
22 10
22 10
12 00
12 00
24 50
164 00
32 Ton a,, .
38 50
1 00
39 50
77 00
1 00
78 00
130 00
33 Jacksonville, .
15 00
6 00
21 00
27 50
27 50
18 00
115 00
34 .Trmestnwn .
10 00
10 00
10 00
37 00
47 00
37 00
81 00
35 Lancaster Covenant. ...
165 00
165 00
500 00
500 00
576 06
460 00
36 N. Queen St. , .
49 77
15 50
65 27
102 70
102 70
107 87
100 00
37 Laurel St,., .
6 50
6 50
10 00
38 Lebanon. Salem .
86 60
86 60
500 00
500 00
154 62
503 00
39 Trinity, .
26 00
26 00
150 19
150 19
172 41
330 00
40 Memorial .
39 00
39 00
111 00
*
111 00
124 00
192 00
41 Bethany, .
31 75
31 75
63 50
63 50
5 00
84 00
42 West, .
15 00
15 00
50 00
50 00
92 10
75 00
43 Pleasant Hill, .
23 31
23 31
25 07
25 07
21 00
130 00
44 Hebron, . „•
5 00
5 00
30 20
13 11
43 31
50 00
45 Circuit, .
11 00
11 00
11 00
11 00
30 30
100 00
46 Linglestown & Rockville,
34 00
114 00
47 Lititz, .
30 00
3 00
33 00
100 00
100 00
197 87
180 00
48 Lykens, .
12 75
12 75
45 27
45 27
200 00
49 Circuit, .
6 21
6 21
130 00
130 00
370 00
5C Manheim .
20 00
20 00
70 29
6 81
77 10
35 00
200 00
51 Manor, . .
4 00
4 00
14 28
14 28
159 85
52 Middletown, .
18 00
15 00
33 00
120 00
15 00
135 00
275 00
210 00
53 Millersburg, .
25 00
25 00
60 00
60 00
21 75
100 00
54 Mont Clare, .
6 00
6 00
37 37
37 37
95 00
55 Mt. Carmel, .
19 55
19 55
36 75
36 75
42 50
121 52
56 Mt. Joy, .
38 10
40 00
78 10
63 85
63 85
57 23
196 00
57 Mount ville, .
75 00
255 00
330 00
165 00
15 49
180 49
247 39
252 00
58 Myerstown, .
6 00
155 00
161 00
500 00
500 00
239 40
220 00
59 New Holland, .
21 20
32 00
53 20
21 20
40 78
61 98
52 58
250 00
60 Oberlin , .
25 00
25 00
100 00
100 00
149 35
240 00
61 Palmyra, .
47 50
47 50
70 00
30 00
100 00
85 75
220 00
62 Penbrook, .
35 96
35 96
107 31
107 31
149 35
234 00
63 Pequea , .
3 00
3 00
8 36
6 75
15 11
170 00
64 Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah,
40 25
40 25
66 32
56 32
28 00
150 00
65 Pinegrove, .
11 00
11 00
12 00
12 00
37 11
125 00
66 Pottstown, . .
10 00
25 00
25 00
89 00
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1,209 43 2
1,495 50 3
21,136 42 4
2,308 84 5
1,538 06 6
1,920 41 7
2,358 57 8
2,043 75 9
1,474 69 10
702 65 11
1,534 19 12
5.274 24 13
1,901 00 14
1,296 08 15
2,843 20 | 16
3,104 46 ; 17
1,018 41 18
1,608 50 19
1,580 18 20
5,281 28 21
3,485 84 22
11,984 49 23
4,266 00 24
5,667 83 25
2,663 93 26
2,827 13 27
1,065 25 28
5,053 23 29
9,016 34 30
. 1,421 32 31
1,937 43 32
1,161 52 33
10,242 74 34
4,772 05 35
3,140 04 36
944 40 37
5,201 79 38
3.275 21 39
2,656 97 40
1,803 54 41
1,255 51 42
2,224 57 43
2.629 35 44
939 30 45
1,165 50 46
3.401 63 47
2,302 91 48
2.630 07 44
8,300 45 50
1,223 47 51
4,410 28 '52
1,756 80 53
1,474 00 54
2.402 47 55
2,477 24^56
3,735 58157
3,309 04 58
10 00
1,850 00
22 68
8 64
143 30
2 50
30 00
18 60
9 73
3 17
10 00
2,549 00
20 00
52 00
55 00
9 00
18 00
9 20
5 35
5 00
19 60
4 50
4 05
11 00
10 00
6 32
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23 72
2 50
2 00
11 20
25 00
15 00
6 60
2 29
6 10
50 00
20 00
100 00
3 65
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4 21
30 00
20 00
250 00
20 54
6 15
5 00
35 00
20 00
46 75
10 00
15 00
11 14
46 75
5 00
10 00
20 00
15 00
20 75
11 70
6 00
19 24
12 72
15 40
1 50
5 00
18 12
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6 00
20 00
10 15
13 55
6 25
23 90
15 00
133 31
13 25
71 20
50 00
48 40
25 00
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10 00
3 90
40 00
50 00
5 00
12 50
17 50
3 00
7 80
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30 00
5 00
66 00
21 30
5 00
16 87
17 46
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5 58
4 31
136 65
48 67
10 00
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31 65
15 00
75 00
57 82
10 30
11 00
13 00
13 00
13 00
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23 63
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6 75
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2 00
15 00
10 00
20 00
..3 72
8 00
4 87
14 00
5 00
51 26
23 60
14 50
10 00
2 00
3 41
5 00
25 00
74 20
18 00
10 00
2 00
5 00
10 00
18 19
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15 00
25 00,
16 00
5 25
8 07
76 00
259 00
167 92
7 38
2 00
22 00
37 50
9 81
40 00
73 50 :
27 00
13 00
10 00
20 00
64 00
10 00
10 00
2,119 43 59
3,081 32 60
3,959 41 61
2,715 56 62
1,439 16 63
2,832 24 64
4,360 75 65
898 42 66
5 00
9 82
3 00
7 76
2 50
141 60
4 90
8 00
11 50
10 00
162 00
313 50
25 00
FIELD OF LAOR.
FINANCE.
Collected for home
missions.
Special for home
missions.
Total for home
missions.
Collected for for-
ign missions.
Special for for¬
eign missions.
Total for foreign
missions.
Woman’s Mission¬
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Conference collec¬
tions.
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67 Reading, Zion .
30 00
220 00
250 00
330 00
20 00
350 00
248 00
245 00
68 Otterbein, .
5 00
5 00
23 00
23 00
91 40
150 00
69 Salem, .
55 00
55 00
110 00
110 00
110 06
187 00
70 Memorial, .
12 00
12 00
12 00
12 00
68 00
130 00
71 Refton, .
25 00
25 00
36 37
36 37
125 00
72 Royalton, .
20 00
20 00
20 00
20 00
16 25
108 00
73 Schuylkill Haven, .
45 00
45 00
85 00
85 00
78 00
180 00
74 Schaefferstown, .
7 00
7 00
10 00
10 00
32 00
75 Shamokin, First, .
115 00
95 00
210 00
225 00
225 00
298 38
231 00
76 Circuit, .
61 25
61 25
120 50
120 50
61 60
200 00
77 Sinking Spring, .
12 00
78 Steelton, .
153 10
117 00
270 10
249 47
249 47
488 50
455 66
79 St. John, . \
9 23
9 23
25 00
25 00
191 00
80 Sunbury, .
24 95
24 95
49 92
49 92
56 49
82 00
81 Tower City, . 1
10 65
10 65
135 00
82 Union, .
24 50
10 00
34 50
36 50
36 50
35 97
105 00
83 Valley View, .
66 00
66 00
25 00
25 00
204 47
84 Williamstown, .
18 34
18 34
25 00
25 00
62 21
Totals, . ;
$2,910 19
$1,626 88
$4,537 07
$7,402 29
$500 60
$7,902 89
$7,719 48
$14,918 50
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3,540 17 67
2,509 10 68
3,321 84 69
2,187 00 70
1,735 46 71
1,223 65 72
3,009 09 73
442 17 74
4,563 24 75
2,759 02 1 76
237 00 77
4,763 49 78
2,531 37 79
3,425 99 80
1,275 30 81
1,169 41 82
2.702 05 83
15 50
2 00
27 20
10 23
55 00
7 45
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42 69
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$850 78
$2,394 14
$20 00
$1,842 51
$227 64 $35 00
$5,050 55
$25 00
$257,644 59
FIELD OF LABOR.
CHURCH
PROPERTY.
Months employed.
Number minutes want¬
ed.
Number church-
houses.
Number parsonages
Built this year,
say New in this
column.
Value of church-
house and
grounds.
Debt on church.
Value of parson¬
age and lot.
Debt on parson¬
age.
Total.
Net value.
1 Allpnt.nwn T<indpn St .
1
1
$26,000
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$10,000
$5,000
$31 , 000
$21 000
12
50
2 Sixth St .
1
8,300
4,500
8,300
3 .800 11
20
S C!i remit .
7
15,950
900
15,950
15.050
12
40
4 Annville
1
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15,000
3,500
18,500
18*500 12
S Avon, .
1
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15,000
900
3,000
18,000
17*100 12
75
fi Bellpp'rnve
4
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10,500
10,500
10*500
12
60
7 Bprnp
3
10,500
10*500
10*500
12
60
S "Ri rd shorn .
2
1
6,000
1,000
900
7*000
6,100
12
30
Q Clatawissa,
4
1
6,377
70
1,450
7*827
7*757
12
80
10 npntrpvillp
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8,000
8*000
8 000
12
75
11 (1h s mhpr TTill fir. Phpnezpr
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4,100
4,100
4,100
12
50
12 Una tesville .
1
10,350
6,400
10,350
3,950
12
40
IS Colnmhia., . .
1
1
35,200
3' 140
3,750
38*950
35*810
12
150
14 Cressnna, .
iy2
1
6,500
2,425
600
8*925
8,325
12
50
1f> Denver, . ;
i
1
10,000
2,500
1,950
12,500
10,550
12
30
10 Eliza.hetht.nwn . i
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1
12,500
3,200
2,300
15*700
13,400
12
60
17 Ephra.ta, , .
l
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7,500
4,000
2,000
11*500
9*500
12
18 Florin, .
2
1
4,500
1,300
5,800
5*S00l 12
65
If) Drantvillp
3
10,700
10,700
10*700
12
50
20 Halifax, .
2
1
5,200
300
1,800
7,000
6,700
12
50
21 Harrishnr^. "First \
1
1
20,000
4,500
.
24,500
24,500
12
100
2.2 Ottprhpin
1
1
15^000
5 '000
20,000
20*000
12
9.3 Dprry St., .
1
1
82 j 500
39,450
8,000
90 ^ 500
51*050
12
150
24 State St., . •
1
1
15,000
3,500
3,100
18,500
15*400
12
75
25 Sixth St..
1
22,541
10,000
9.9. *541
12*541
12
150
9.6 Hershey, .
2
1
11 j 500
600
2,000
13*500
12*900
12
75
27 High spire
1
1
12,000
2^000
14*000
14*000
12
75
•28 Hillsdale
4
6,500
6*500
6,500
12
50
29 Hopei and, .
2
1
18,000
1,290
900
18,900
17,610
12
50
SO Hnmmelstown , .
1
1
.
18,000
9,000
2,500
20,500
11,500
12
75
31 Intercourse, .
2
.
9,500
550
1,600
11,100
10*550
12
40
32 Iona, .
2
1
6,700
2,100
1,500
8,800
7*300
12
75
33 Jacksonville,
7
1
6,575
1,000
7*575
7*575
12
50
34 Jonestown, .
4
20,700
6,500
20*700
14,200
12
45
35 Lancaster flnvenant
1
1
10*000
3,100
13*100
13*100
12
200
36 N. Queen St. , .
1
12,400
3,800
12,400
8,600
12
70
37 Laurel St. , .
1
3,' 800
1,800
3*800
2*000
12
35
38 Lebanon, Salem, . j
1
1
32,500
4^160
3,500
700
36,000
31,140
12
150
39 Trinity, .
1
1
32,000
4,000
36,000
36,000
12
75
40 Memorial, .
1
11 '500
11*500
11*500
12
75
41 Bethany, .
1
1
3'000
2,000
250
5,000
4 * 750
12
60
42 West, .
1
3,000
65
3*000
2,935
9
60
43 Pleasant, Hill ,
2
9,050
1,515
9*050
7*535
12
50
44 Hebron, .
1
13,463
10^380
13,463
3,083
12
45 Circuit, .
3
12,500
12*500
12*500
12
75
46 Linglestown fir. Rockville
2
5^500
5*500
12*500
12
75
47 Lititz, .
3
1
8,200
80C
2,100
787
10,300
8,713
12
75
48 Lykens, .
1
1
4,500
2,500
1,050
7,000
5,950
12
60
49 Circuit, . .•
5
1
20 '300
1*500
21,800
21,800
12
75
50 Manbeim, .
2
1
20*500
9,600
5,000
3,000
25*500
12*900
12
100
51 Manor, .
3
12,375
50
12*375
12^325
12
52 Middletown, .
1
1
14,000
750
1,100
15*100
14*350
12
100
53 Millersburg, .
2
9' 000
3,106
9*000
5,894
12
100
54 Mont Clare, . *
1
2,650
425
2*650
2*225
12
55 Mt. Carmel, .
1
1
12,000
850
5,000
1,500
17 * 000
24*650
12
40
56 Mt. Joy .
1
1
9,000
32
2*550
'450
11*550
11*068
12!
50
57 Mountville, .
1
1
30,000
600
6,000
500
36,000
34,900
12 1
75
58 Myerstnwn , ...
1
1
12,500
2,200
14*700
14! 700
12^
75
59 New Holland,
2
1
12 '500
2*500
1,150
14,500
13,350
12
75
60 Oberlin , .
1
1
12' 000
3,400
2*000
14*000
8 600
12
100
61 Palmyra, .
1
1
22 * 500
2*800
3*000
25,500
22,700
12
62 Penbrook, .
1
1
6,000
3^000
9,000
9,000
12
75
63 Pequea, .
2
1
4,200
400
900
300
5,100
4,400
12
45
64 Philadelphia, Mt. Pisgah,
1
14,000
3,000
14,000
11 000
12i
50
65 Pinegrove, .
1
1
7'000
l'ooo
1,500
8,500
7,500
12
50
66 Pot.tstown , .
1
6,000
6,000
6,000
12
35
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FIELD OF LABOR.
67 Reading, Zion, .
68 Otterbein, .
Salem, .
Memorial, .
Ref ton .
Royalton, .
Schuylkill Haven,
SchaeiTerstown, .
Shamokin, First,
Circuit, .
Sinking Spring, .
Steelton, .
St. John, .
Sunbury, .
Tower City .
Union, .
Valley View, ....
Williamstown, ..
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20,000
10,000
15,000
17,000
6,500
5,000
9,000
5,000
23,500
5,200
4,000
23,000
5,000
20,000
4,800
5,700
14,700
3,000
3,000
3,875
5,898
500
1,500
15,000
3,500
2,700
7,000
6,500
700
1,850
13,500
390
7,875
3,760
1,200
3,500
5,000
1,850
1,352
5,000
1,450
1,500
l,800i
188
35,000
13,500
17,700
17,000
6.500
5,000
16,000
5,000
31,375
8,960
4,000
23,000
8.500
25,000
6,650
5,700
16,200
4,800
$1,077,031 $171,996 $172,960; $39, 077 '$1,249, 991
25.500
12,800
11,975
11,102
6,000
3.500
14,648
5,000
26,375
7,570
4,000
23,000
8.500
11.500
6,260
5,700
15,000
4,612
$1,053,458
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Conference Proceedings
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Churches — Number of churches organized, 155.
Ministers. — Active itinerants, 83; supernumerary itinerants, 12; superannuated itin¬
erants, 6 ; local preachers, 22. Total, 123.
Members. — At beginning of year, 20,751 ; received by profession of faith, 1,740;
received by letter, 452. Total in Church during year, 22,943. Died, 197; all other
losses, 1,307. Total loss, 1.504. Present number, 21,439; increase, 1,020; decrease,
332; net gain, 688.
Societies. — Young People’s Societies, no; members, 6,087 ; Junior Societies, 62;
members, 3,673; brotherhoods, 7; members, 457.
Sunday-schools. — Number of Sunday-schools, 152J4 ; teachers and officers, 3,029;
scholars in main school, 29,855; scholars in Home Department, 1,953; number in
Cradle Roll, 3,170; total enrollment, 38,007; average attendance, 16,125; number of
adult Bible classes, 231; scholars in adult Bible classes, 9,326; Sunday-school libraries,
43^4 ; volumes in libraries, 11,506; added to church from Sunday-school, 993.
Literature. — Religious Telescopes, 1,374; Watchwords, 1,708; Friend for Boys
and Girls, 1,328; Otterbein Teachers, 1,107; Otterbein Adult Quarterlies, 2,034; Otter-
bein Senior Quarterlies, 10,925 ; Otterbein Intermediate Quarterlies, 5,041 ; Otterbein
Home Department Quarterlies, 1,748; Weekly Bible Lesson Leaves, 1,733; Lessons for
Our Juniors, 3,447 ; Graded Series — Beginners’ Stories, 576; Primary Stories, 631;
Junior Work Books, 303; Woman’s Evangels, 1,115; Conference Heralds, 1,777.
Finances. — Pastor’s salary paid by charge, $56,910.85; missionary appropriation,
$4,495.00; presents received, $3,072.19; value of parsonage rent, $9,027.00; total re¬
ceived by pastor, $66,597.85; collected for local current expenses, $41,248.30; tor
church and parsonage buildings, $75,249.99 ; collected for local Sunday-school pur¬
poses, $24,078.38 ; collected for Home Missions, $2,910.19; special for Home Missions,
$1,626.88; total for Home Missions, $4,537.07 ; collected for Foreign Missions, $7,402.29 ;
special for Foreign Missions, $500.60 ; total for Foreign Missions, $7,902.89 ; Woman’s
Missionary Association, $7,719.48; Conference Collections, $14,918.50; Church Erec¬
tion, $850.78; Church Erection, special, $2,394.14; Parsonage Erection, $20.00; Quincy
Orphanage, $1,842.51; Children’s Day offering, $227.64; Bonebrake Theological Sem¬
inary, $35.00; Lebanon Valley College, $5,050.55; Bible cause, $25.00. Total for all
purposes, $257,644.59.
Church Property. — Number of church houses, 150J4 ; number of parsonages, 52;
value of church house and grounds, $1,077,031 ; debt on churches, $171,996; value of
parsonages and lots, $172,960; debt on parsonages, $39,077 ; total, $1,249,991; net
value, $1,053,458.
Miscellaneous. — Months employed, 992 ; number of minutes wanted, 5,350.
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(Signed) — (Rev.) H. M. Miller,
Pastor United Brethren Church, Penbrook, Pa., U. S. A.
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’ungs to throw off the cold which has
settled there.
It Removes the Cause
Try it to-day. The 50 cent size equals
three 25 cent bottles.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE
THE CENTRAL BOOK STORE
W. A. LAVERTY, Supt. ::: No. 329 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
C. A large and full assortment of Religious and Secular Books, School Books and
Supplies, and everything belonging to a well-appointed Book and Stationery Store.
«L We carry in stock "Hymns of the Sanctuary,” "Otterbein Hymnals” and other
Standard Publications from the Dayton House, as well as Special Services of all
kinds, which we furnish at regular prices.
C,Our line of Reward Cards, Books and Booklets, is very complete at lowest prices.
Give us a call or write for prices. Ministers and Sunday Schools are given special
discounts. Mail orders promptly attended to.
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PENN-STRASSBURG DESIGN
SPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR CHURCHES
map^-bv PENN HARDWARE COMPANY
MAKERS OF LOCKS AND BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
READING, RENNA., U. S. A.
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THE RANGE WITH A REPUTATION
THE GREAT AND GRAND
MAJESTIC RANGE
A Range Made of Malleable and Charcoal Iron
BUILT ON HONOR
PERFECTION OF RANGE CONSTRUCTION
ECONOMICAL IN FUEL
DURABILITY-LASTS A LIFE TIME
You will profit by looking this Range over before" buying. (With or
without Reservoir). Write us or call for our “Free Booklet of Range Com¬
parison. ”
LEBANON HARDWARE COMPANY
215-217 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pa.
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%\ )t ^ennsplbanta Crust Companp
536 Penn Street, Reading, Pa.
“THE ROLL OF HONOR TRUST COMPANY ”
Capital and Surplus, $1,000,000.00
2 °]c Interest Paid on Check Accounts. 3 % Interest Paid on Savings Accounts
The Largest Financial Institution in Reading and Berks County
For a Quarter of a Century
The Leading Piano and Organ House
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
KIRK JOHNSON & CO.
24 West King Street, Lancaster, Pa.
846 Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa.
CHAS. H. BERGNER
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Third and Market Streets
BERGNER BUILDING HARRISBURG, PA
Distributing Agents for LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES
THE D. BACON COMPANY
MANUFACTURING AND JOBBING
CONFECTIONERS
The best on earth — Bacon's Cough Drops
“D. B on every drop
HARRISBURG, PA.
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! In All Lands
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A New Order of Things
United Brethren Mission¬
aries, to Africa, and all other
Heathen Lands, may now
have their meals served from
a SUNSHINE Range in¬
stead of from the old cast iron
pot in which (so the story
goes) they were themselves formerly boiled.
The foregoing is merely a preface to our claim, of the Universal use of
Sunshine and Othello Ranges
The World has not Found Anything Better
"Civilization follows the Flag" tis said ; but the Missionary precedes the
flag, and Reading-made Ranges being a close second to the Missionary, —
the Red, White and Blue, usually finds them both enjoying first rights of pos¬
session.
4* *4*
MADE IN AMERICA
At READING, PENNA.
BY
The Reading Stove Works
4* *&•
ORR, PAINTER 4 CO.
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THE CLERICAL LIBRARY
Edited by Sir W. ROBERTSON, M.A., LL.D.
The Clerical Library is a tried and proven col¬
lection of books which are of value to every
minister. The inclusion of these books in the
“H. & S. ” LIBRARY makes for greater useful¬
ness especially along homiletical lines.
Three Hundred Outlines of Sermons of the
New Testament
Outlines of Sermons on the Old Testament
Pulpit Prayers. By Eminent Preachers
Outline Sermons to Children. With Numerous
Anecdotes
Anecdotes Illustrative of New Testament Texts
Expository Sermons and Outlines on the
Old Testament
Expository Sermons on the New Testament
Platform Aids
New Outlines of Sermons on the New Testa¬
ment. By Eminent Preachers. Hitherto Un¬
published.
Anecdotes Illustrative of the Old Testament
Texts
New Outlines of Sermons on the Old Testament.
By Eminent Preachers. Hitherto Unpublished.
Sermons for Special Occasions
Publishing House of the United Evangelical Church
201-209 North Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
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WE MAKE AND SELL RELIABLE CLOTHING
LEINBACH & BRO.
Leading Clothiers
Cor. 8th and Penn Sts. :: READING, PA.
THE VALLEY TRUST CO.
OF PALMYRA, PA.
S. F. ENGLE, President C. C. GINGRICH, Vice-President G. H. MOYER, Sec y & Treas.
Carital Stock $125,000. Surplus $55,000
BANKING AND TRUST BUSINESS
DIAMONDS WATCHES
C. R. BOAS
Jeweler and Silversmith
214 and 216 Market Street
HARRISBURG, PA.
JEWELRY SILVERWARE
ROBERT M. RUTHERFORD, President H. W. STUBBS, Secretary
W. E. ABERCROMBIE, Vice-President C. F. ZIMMERMAN* Treasurer
Steelton Trust Company
STEELTON, penna.
Receives Money on Deposit Subject to Check, and Transacts a General Banking
Business. Allows 3 per cent. Interest on Time Deposits.
Executes Trusts of Every Kind.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent, from $2.00 per year and upwards, according to size
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PI ainness Pe rvades All
Present House Furnishings
Ask Your Dealer for Plain Stoves and Ranges
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MANUFACTURED BY
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Buckwalter Stove Co.
ROYERSFORD, PA.
Makers of the Original Plain Range
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CORTRIGHT METAL SHINGLES 1
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LRL FIRE PROOFS *4|
THEY are beautiful in appearance and easily
laid. Suitable for any building with a
pitched roof, whether it is a church, school,
fine residence, barn, warehouse, or other out¬
buildings.
d, If you are in the market, we will be glad to
send you our catalog, entitled “Concerning That
Roof,” and will give . you further information
either through a local representative if we have
one in your section, or if not we will communicate
with you direct.
CORTRIGHT METAL ROOFING CO.
50 North 23rd Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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Lebanon Uallep College
FOUNDED IN 1866
Healthful Location High Educational Standard
Fine Christian Influence
A FINE campus, which includes the new Ladies’ Hall, the new Administration Building, the new
Men’s Dormitory, the new Engle Music Hail, the new Carnegie Library, and the Power Plant.
The Dormitories are heated by steam and supplied with baths and electric lights, and the comfort
of the students is looked after carefully.
THE COLLEGE
offers five groups of studies leading to the degree of Bachelor of Ar;s. They are:
THE CLASSICAL GROUP
THE MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICAL GROUP
THE HISTORICAL-POLITICAL GROUP
THE CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL GROUP
THE MODERN LANGUAGE GROUP
Admits men and women to all its classes.
THE ACADEMY
is located on separate grounds, and provides a four year's course designed to fit young people for the
Freshman class of any college, for teaching and for business. A full equipment of laboratories, biolog¬
ical, chemical, and physical, is provided. Fine, new athletic field. Enrollment last year, 263.
The College also comprises the School of Music, the School of Art, the School of Expression. The
religious spirit of Lebanon Valley College is admirable.
FOR CATALOGUE, ADDRESS
REV. LAWRENCE KEISTER, D.D., President, Annville, Pa.
M. P. MOLLER PIPE ORGANS
Builder of the two-manual organs
in Lebanon Valley College and St.
Paul’s U. B. Church, Annville, Pa.;
First U. B. Church, Chambersburg,
Pa.; St. Paul’s U. B. Church, Hag¬
erstown, Md.; Centenary U. B.
Church, Steelton, Pa.; Centennial
U. B. Church, Frederick. Md.; Scott
St. U. B. Church, Baltimore, Md.;
also for a large number of other
United Brethren Churches.
We have already furnished organs
for more than 1100 churches in all
parts of the country, and our instru¬
ments have the endorsement of the
most eminent organists and clergy¬
men in America. We build pipe
organs of all sizes and to suit any
space. Specifications and estimates
furnished free on application, and
satisfaction guaranteed. Correspond¬
ence solicited. For catalogues and
full particulars, address
M. P. MOLLER
Hagerstown, Md.
Positively the Best Line of High-
Grade PIANOS in Pennsylvania
^ We know we have the best selected stock of
Pianos in Pennsylvania, as we have been mak¬
ing and selling them for over sixty-nine years.
We don’t push one make this year and another
make next year.
1842-1911
€J That much time backs up our statement, and
coupled with the means to buy the best material
/
and the everlasting determination to build the
best Piano in America — We offer for your in¬
spection to-day — the
“ Sweet Toned Artistic Stieff Piano ”
CH AS. M. STIEFF
FACTORY WAREROOMS :
24 N. Second St., Harrisburg, Pa.
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